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EVANS, GWYNFOR RICHARD (1912 - 2005), Welsh nationalist and politician Gwynfor Evans was born on 1 September 1912 at Y Goedwig, 24 Somerset Road, Barry, the eldest of the three children of Daniel James ('Dan') Evans (1883-1972), an industrious and highly successful shopkeeper, and Catherine Mary (née Richard) (1879-1969), herself a shopkeeper from a chapel-going London Welsh background, originally from Cydweli. Gwynfor Evans was above all the product of Welsh
EVANS, HAROLD MEURIG (1911 - 2010), teacher, lexicographer Meurig Evans was born in Hendy, near Pontarddulais, Carmarthenshire on 5 March 1911, the only child of Henry James Evans, a miner, and Sarah Evans. He went to school there when he was three years old but the family moved to Caerbryn when he was five and he went to Blaenau School where he never had a single Welsh lesson. From there he went to the old Ammanford County School before moving to the
EVANS, HARRY (1873 - 1914), musician Born 1 May 1873 in Russell Street, Dowlais, Glamorganshire, the son of John and Sarah Evans. His sister taught him the Tonic Sol-fa system. He was only 9 years old when he was appointed organist at Gwernllwyn Congregational chapel, Dowlais, and the church arranged for him to receive music lessons from Edward Laurence, Merthyr Tydfil. In 1887 he was appointed organist of Bethania Congregational
EVANS, HENRY (fl. 1787-1839), Arminian Baptist minister appears in Titus Lewis's list, 1810, printed by David Peter in his Hanes Crefydd yng Nghymru. However, on 5 December 1792 Evans was ordained pastor of Craig-y-fargod General Baptist church (see under Charles Winter), by David Saunders I of Aberduar and Morgan John Rhys (Rippon, Baptist Register, i, 523) - a renewal of contact between that church and the Baptists. Evans signs the minutes of the General
EVANS, HENRY (fl. end of 17th century), poet and translator A native of Bedwellty, Monmouth. In 1771 Thomas Williams (1697 - 1778) of Mynydd-bach, Carmarthenshire, published a volume of verse translated by Henry Evans from the English, entitled Cynghorion Tad i'w Fab, which included a letter from Stephen Hughes, dated 12 March 1682/3, stating that he had received the book for publication from the author, who thus must have been a contemporary of Stephen
EVANS, HENRY TOBIT (1844 - 1908), schoolmaster, journalist, and author Daughters, 1910 which utilized the collections of Alcwyn C. Evans. He was a Quaker. He died at Trewylan, Cardiganshire, 9 May 1908, at the age of 64.
EVANS, HENRY WILLIAM (1840 - 1919), labour leader and author
EVANS, HORACE (1st. BARON EVANS of MERTHYR TYDFIL), (1903 - 1963), physician Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, 1 January 1903, the elder son of Harry Evans and his wife Edith Gwendolen (née Rees). Soon after his birth they moved to Dowlais, where his grandfather was a pharmacist, and later to Liverpool. He was educated at Liverpool College and after his father's early death in 1914 he went to the Guildhall School of Music for four years and to the City of London
EVANS, HOWELL THOMAS (1877 - 1950), historian and schoolmaster Born 6 November 1877, at Cwmbwrla, near Swansea, the second son of John Evans, steelworker, and Mary his wife. Educated at Swansea Grammar School, the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and St. John's College, Cambridge, he held the degrees of B.A. (Wales), B.A. (London), and M.A. (Cantab.) After teaching at Wellington College and Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Carmarthen, he was on the
EVANS, HUGH (1790 - 1853), veterinary surgeon and musician Born in 1790, son of Evan and Gwen Evans, Pencraig Fawr, Betws Gwerfyl Goch, Meironnydd. He was a good musician and a skilled player on the 'cello; he also was the precentor at Betws Gwerfyl Goch church. In 1837 was formed ' Cymdeithas Gantorawl Cerrig-y-drudion ' under the auspices of which Evans published Holwyddoreg ar Egwyddorion Peroriaeth, in two-shilling parts, for use at the quarterly
EVANS, HUGH (1712 - 1781), Baptist minister and Academy tutor He was a member of a family prominent in the history of the Baptist denomination in Radnorshire and north Brecknock - his very name, indeed, was given him in memory of the local Baptist 'father', Hugh Evans, d. 1656, though there was no blood-relationship between them. His grandfather was Thomas Evans (1625 - 1688). Thomas Evans's son CALEB EVANS (1676 - 1739) took out a preaching-licence in 1705
EVANS, HUGH (1854 - 1934), author and publisher Born at Ty'n Rhos, Cwm Main, Llangwm, Denbighshire, 14 September 1854, son of Hugh Evans and Jane (Barnard). After a brief period at Cerrig-y-drudion school under John Williams (who at one time kept a bookshop in the Strand, London), he started work in 1871 as a wagoner on various farms. He went to Liverpool in 1875 and worked for a year as a labourer in the building of Stanley Road Calvinistic

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