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EVANS, DAVID (1874 - 1948), musician compositions appeared under the pseudonym 'Edward Arthur'. He married, 1899, Mary Thomas, Plas-y-coed, Morriston, and they had two sons. He died 17 May 1948.
EVANS, DAVID (fl. 1750), poet of Coed-bychan, Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire. He was one of the descendants of Humphrey Davies of Llanbryn-mair. Some of his verse appeared in the almanacs published by Evan Davies (Philomath, fl. 1720-50). There is one of his poems in NLW MS 14402B: 'Chwech o Benhillion a ddanfonwyd mewn llythyr o Flanders yn amser y Frenhines Anne, at fy Mam, ac mi welais gyffhelyb i'r peth ar ôl hynnu
EVANS, DAVID (Dewi Dawel; 1814 - 1891), tailor, publican, and poet Born 16 September 1814, at Cefnffordd, Pen-y-garn, Llanfynydd parish, Carmarthenshire. His father, Thomas Evans, tailor, Pen-y-garn, was drowned in the river Cothi at Edwinsford, 9 December 1833, leaving nine children. Starting life as a tailor, Dewi Dawel worked from house to house until he was married on 10 November 1837 to Mary Davies, Maes-yr-haidd, Llanfynydd (died 7 May 1867); they brought
EVANS, DAVID (1830 - 1910), archdeacon of St Asaph Born 1830 (christened 24 June) at Goitre, Llanrhystud, Cardiganshire, son of John and Mary Evans, and educated at Ystrad Meurig and at S. Bees. He became curate of Nantglyn, 1856, and of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, 1857, and perpetual curate of Frongoch (near Bala), 1858, and of Pont-bleiddyn, 1859. From 1866 to 1876 he was rector of Llanycil with Bala; it may be mentioned that he and John Peter
EVANS, DAVID (1793 - 1861), glass stainer Chr. 21 April 1793 at Llanllwchaiarn, Montgomeryshire, the son of David and Mary Evans. He was apprenticed to (Sir) J. Betton of Shrewsbury, with whom he entered into partnership in 1815. The windows of Hawkstone Park, Salop, which were done in elaborate design, were the work of Evans. During the years 1822-28 extensive restorations to the windows of Winchester College chapel were carried out by
EVANS, DAVID EMLYN (1843 - 1913), musician Born 21 September 1843, at Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, son of Evan Evans (1817 - 1902) and his wife Mary (1816 - 1884) both of whom were buried in the old cemetery at Tre-wen, Cwm-cou. Evan Evans's mother (née Peregryn) was of Huguenot stock and descended from the Francis family of Dinas Ceri and Cwmsylltyn and was a relative of Enoch Francis (1688/9 - 1740); his father fought in the battle
EVANS, DAVID JOHN (1884 - 1965), minister (Presb.) and author Seion until his death. In 1943 he married Mary Muriel Williams, Aberystwyth; he died 1 May 1965. He came into prominence in 1926 when he published a handbook on the principal characters of the Old Testament - Prif gymeriadau'r Hen Destament - which had been rejected by his Association because of his liberal outlook. In 1935 he published Hanes Capel Seion, a very useful book of local history.
EVANS, Sir DAVID TREHARNE (1849 - 1907), lord mayor of London, head of the firm of Richard Evans and Co., trimming manufacturers Born 21 April 1849 at Llantrisant, Glamorganshire, son of Thomas and Anne Evans, Glan-y-mychyd, he belonged to a family who for generations resided in Glamorgan, carrying on business as brewers and maltsters. Educated at Merton (Surrey) and in France, he entered the business of his uncle, Sir Richard Evans, and at 21 was elected a partner, later becoming head of the firm. In 1875 he became a
EVANS, ELLIS (1786 - 1864), Baptist minister and author Born 22 June 1786 at Pig-y-swch, Llanuwchllyn, Meironnydd, the son of Evan Ellis, a roadmender. He joined the Baptist church at Llanuwchllyn in 1806 and began to preach in 1809. Having attended the school of Jesse Jones, Ffordd-las, he proceeded to the Abergavenny Baptist Academy in 1811 and left there in 1813 to become an itinerant preacher and school-master. In 1814 he married Mary Jones
EVANS, ELLIS HUMPHREY (Hedd Wyn; 1887 - 1917), poet Born 13 January 1887, the eldest son of Evan and Mary Evans of Yr Ysgwrn, Trawsfynydd, Meirionethshire. He received his education, such as it was, at the elementary school and Sunday school, but his self-education went on unceasingly. His aptitude for poetry became evident at an early age and he was given every encouragement at home, for his father was by way of being a home-spun poet as his
EVANS, ERNEST (1885 - 1965), county court judge, M.P. of N.L.W. and a vice-president of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. Evans specialised in agricultural law and he wrote, with Clement Edward Davies, An epitome of agricultural law (1911) and, on his own, Elements of the law relating to vendors and purchasers (1915) and Agricultural and Small Holdings Act. He married, in 1925, Constance Anne, daughter of Thomas Lloyd, draper, of Hadley Wood; at
EVANS, EVAN JENKIN (1882 - 1944), physicist and university professor Born 20 May 1882 at Llanelli, son of David and Mary Evans. He received his early education at the county school, proceeding afterwards to the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he graduated in 1902. He then went to the Royal College of Science, South Kensington, London where in 1906 he took the Associateship. He remained in South Kensington, becoming demonstrator first in

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