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JAMES, JAMES (SPINTHER) (1837 - 1914), Baptist historian , however, he displayed unbounded energy; he wrote poetry, and published collections of hymns, but his fame rests rather upon his historical work, more especially in the field of Baptist history. He contributed many articles or chapters to such works as Owen Jones's Cymru, Gweirydd ap Rhys's Hanes y Brytaniaid a'r Cymry, and Enwogion y Ffydd. With John Emlyn Jones he completed Y Parthsyllydd, 1870-5 (see
JAMES, PHILIP (1664 - 1748), early Baptist minister Born near Pontardulais, and educated (so it is said) in the school kept by Robert Morgan (1621 - 1711). His parents resented his Dissent, and c. 1685 he went to Liverpool, in service to a Baptist medical man named Ebenezer Fabius (died 1691); he then practised medicine, and also preached, near Lichfield. According to David Jones (Hanes y Bedyddwyr yn Neheubarth Cymru, 524), he was for a while
JAMES, ROBERT (Jeduthyn; 1825 - 1879), musician Born 7 March 1825 at Aberdare, son of Morgan and Ann James. He was taught music in Rosser Beynon's classes. He had a good voice and, in 1845, was elected precentor of Bethesda chapel, Merthyr Tydfil, where he started a choral society which won many eisteddfod prizes. The society published Organ y Cysegr, a collection of sacred music arranged by Robert James. He was a good composer and many of his
JAMES, THOMAS DAVIES (Iago Erfyl; 1862 - 1927), clergyman, and popular preacher and lecturer in both Welsh and English, and he was in demand not only throughout Wales but also in Welsh centres in England. He preached in London during World War I, in Liverpool cathedral in 1927, and he had been invited to deliver a Welsh sermon in St. Paul's cathedral, London, in 1928. His most popular lectures were those on Robert Owen, Twm o'r Nant, Mynyddog, Ceiriog, Y Bardd Cwsg, Owain Glyndŵr and Ann
JARMAN, ELDRA MARY (1917 - 2000), harpist and author 'shock' to Eldra; she felt as if there were a 'mask' over her face and she had difficulty finding 'the things that were important to me' amidst the bustle of the place. She used her time, however, to begin to research into the history of the Roma in Wales, drawing on the work of John Sampson (1862-1931) and Dora Esther Yates (1879-1974), two pioneers in the field of Roma scholarship. She added to their
JEHU, DAVID (1812 - 1840), missionary in Sierra Leone under the Wesleyan Missionary Society The son of Timothy Jehu of the King's Head, Meifod, Montgomeryshire, he was attracted to religion at the age of 16, and commenced preaching. Offering himself for the mission field, he was educated at the Wesleyan Theological Institution, Hoxton, London, and in 1839 he was accepted by the Conference to fill a vacancy in Sierra Leone. Smitten down by malignant fever, he lingered for a long while
JENKIN, THOMAS JAMES (1885 - 1965), plant breeder and Professor of Agricultural Botany scientific dedication using a mere fraction of the apparatus and resources which became available to the plant breeder in the second half of the 20th c. After retiring in 1950 he published much of the fruit of his research into the genetics of grasses. He published several articles in this field in the Jnl. of Genetics and other scientific journals, as well as in the bulletins of the Plant Breeding Station
JENKINS, ALBERT EDWARD (1895 - 1953), rugby player Born 11 March 1895 at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, he became the town's idol. His talent on the rugby field flowered when he played as full back for the 38th Division during World War I, but it was as a centre for Llanelli club that he came into prominence. Llanelli was the most successful club for a period during the 1920s, with men like Dai John, Ernie Finch and Ifor Jones in its ranks, but it
JENKINS, DANIEL (1856 - 1946), schoolmaster and devotee of Welsh literature and music . In 1898 he was elected to the Cardiganshire county council and became first secretary of the Vale of Aeron Bull Club in the same year. He was chairman of the Cardiganshire Beekeepers Association, and a member of the Welsh Cob Society from 1903, the Welsh Folk Song Society, the Gorsedd of Bards, etc. He was a prominent figure on the national eisteddfod field and was universally known as the
JENKINS, DAVID (1848 - 1915), musician published works ranged from the smaller vocal forms to the wider field of oratorio and cantata. Among his best known choral works are ' Arch y Cyfamod,' ' Job,' ' Yr Ystorm,' and ' The Psalm of Life.' The last-named work was expressly written for the Cardiff Triennial Festival (1895), and also performed in the same year by 2,000 singers at the Crystal Palace, London. A frequent contributor to the Welsh
JENKINS, DAVID ARWYN (1911 - 2012), barrister and historian of Welsh law National Library of Wales were no doubt enlivened by the presence of a member of its staff, Gwyneth Owen, whom he married in 1942. Gwyneth died in 1962. Their son Rhys went on himself to an academic career. It was in this field of academic legal study, which was underwritten by his appointment to a lectureship in Law at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1965 and then to a Personal Chair ten
JENKINS, DAVID CYRIL (1885 - 1978), musician refer to his having been a pupil of Ravel, but this is not mentioned in Jenkins's writings, and if true, it would be something he would have been likely to flaunt. He saw war service with the Royal Field Artillery and was promoted to the rank of acting captain. In the years following the First World War he adjudicated at various eisteddfodau, and his choral works were performed at the National

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