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JONES, JOSIAH THOMAS (1799 - 1873), publisher and Independent minister Born 23 September 1799 at Cwm-hir, Clydey, Pembrokeshire, to Thomas and Rachel Jones, who were members of Tre-lech congregation. At 14 he went to serve in a shop at Nevern, but at 15 (now at Narberth) he began preaching under the wing of Llwyn-yr-hwrdd church; after a little instruction by Samuel Griffiths there, he went to Newport Pagnell Academy. Though Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru has no
JONES, MICHAEL (1787 - 1853), Independent minister and first principal of the Bala Independent College labourer, became a stone-mason, and after his brother, Evan, had helped him to get a little schooling went to Lampeter where he was trained as a book-binder. In 1807 Thomas Phillips (1772 - 1842) admitted him to full membership at Neuadd-lwyd, and it was he who urged him to start preaching. He then went to the school kept by David Davis of Castellhywel, working now and then to pay his way, and for a time
JONES, MORGAN GLYNDWR (1905 - 1995), poet, novelist and short story writer the city centre (adjacent to what is now Cardiff Central railway station), his pupils lived in some of the worst slums in Cardiff. Moreover, not only did they come to school ill-fed and ill-clothed, often bare-foot even in winter, but the area was also one of lawlessness and vice; many of the children, Jones knew, experienced abuse, physical and sexual. What he saw in the shabby streets around him
JONES, OWEN (1833 - 1899), Calvinistic Methodist minister and man of letters . College, and now returned to it for a further course of study which led him eventually to University College, London, where he graduated with honours in 1861. Ordained in 1864, he ministered at Blaenau Ffestiniog (1864-72), and Chatham Street, Liverpool (1872-92), retiring afterwards to Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain, where he died 13 January 1899. His wife was Margaret Jane Jones, Tŷ Cornel shop, Llanfyllin
JONES, OWEN GLYNNE (1867 - 1899), mountaineer and schoolteacher teacher he was dedicated and inspiring. As a climber, he believed that all should climb and that all would be the better for it. By now a less patrician climbing world recognises him as the leading pioneer of the art of rock-climbing in the British Isles, from the point of view both of technique and attitude. He had intended climbing the highest mountains of the world; shortly before his death, he had
JONES, OWEN THOMAS (1878 - 1967), Woodwardian Professor of Geology in the University of Cambridge were directed to Wales and in 1909 there appeared an important paper on the geological structure of the Plynlimon area in Mid-Wales. This work still remains the standard work on the Lower Palaeozoic rocks of Mid-Wales, and in many ways the standard work on the classification of these rocks the world-over. O.T. Jones was now a geologist of the first rank and was awarded the D.Sc. degree of the
JONES, PERCY (1891 - 1922), boxer , the flyweight champion of France and of Europe. Jones worked in the mines at Treherbert and Forth and later became a 'striker' at the Lady Windsor Colliery, Ynys-hir. During the 1914-18 War, he served in France with the Welsh 'Bantams' and was badly wounded. His injuries led to severe blood-poisoning which caused him to be invalided out of the Army. He was now crippled for life, and eventually died
JONES, RICHARD (1603? - 1673), schoolmaster and translator of religious works , translated from T. Gouge's Christian Directions, appeared in 1675, posthumously, as also did Bellach neu Byth, a translation of Baxter's Now or Never in 1677.
JONES, THOMAS (1818 - 1898), parish clerk of Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, and living before that at Tyn-llan and Newhavren, Llantrisant, Anglesey. Thomas Jones deserves a brief mention by virtue of his industry in transcribing and collecting over forty volumes of music manuscripts, mainly ecclesiastical but with also a large admixture of secular music, including folk-songs, 'national' airs, part-songs, etc. His collection (now NLW MS 8112-52
JONES, THOMAS (1908 - 1990), trade unionist and Spanish Civil War veteran secretary. This was a difficult task, as there were rivalries between some north and south officers as well as among members, but Jones commented: 'For too long the hills have divided us - now we must be united.' At the same time, despite some earlier misgivings, he became an enthusiastic promoter of the concept of establishing a Wales TUC, recognising the need for unions to co-operate in the changing
JONES, THOMAS GWYNN (1871 - 1949), poet, writer, translator and scholar . Upon his retirement in 1937 he was awarded hon. D. Litt. degrees by the two universities closest to his heart - Wales and Ireland - and made a C.B.E. A special memorial number of Y Llenor (28, 2) was published in 1949. There is a good bibliography to 1937 in Owen Williams, A bibliography of Thomas Gwynn Jones (1938), with a supplement by David Thomas (1956). Both are now superseded by D. Hywel E
JONES, THOMAS HUGHES (1895 - 1966), poet, writer and teacher was appointed deputy-principal of the College in 1956. Jones was in his element at Cartrefle College and the students later remembered him with great affection. He retired in 1962 and died 11 May 1966. He turned to prose writing during his military service and he is now known more for his short stories (especially the long short-story) than for poetry. For many years, he contributed stories and

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