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JOHN, EWART STANLEY (1924 - 2007), theologian, Welsh Congregationalist minister, college professor and principal . Williams, instilled in him a profound love for Wales and the Welsh language. However, as he himself acknowledged, no-one exerted greater influence upon him in these formative years than his minister at Ebenezer, Goodwick, the Reverend Irfon Samuel, who invited him to commence preaching and to consider ordination into the Christian ministry, work for which he was subsequently trained at the Presbyterian
JOHN, GRIFFITH (1831 - 1912), missionary Born 14 December 1831 at Swansea. A member of Ebenezer Congregational church, Swansea, 1840, he was educated at the Memorial College, Brecon, and at Bedford. He offered himself to the Madagascar field, but was directed to China. He married Jane, daughter of David Griffiths, Madagascar (1792 - 1863). Ordained at Ebenezer, Swansea, 5 April 1855, he arrived at Shanghai in September. In 1857 he
JOHN, JAMES MANSEL (1910 - 1975), Baptist minster and college professor was baptised by the minister, the Reverend Cynog Williams. He was educated in Aberdare Primary School before moving to the Boys' Grammar School in the town, from where he was accepted in 1929 to read History in the South Wales and Monmouthshire University College, Cardiff. He graduated in 1933 and was awarded the Charles Morgan University Prize in Welsh History. In 1934, with the help of the James
JOHN, THOMAS GEORGE (1880 - 1946), engineer and businessman to early contacts with Winston Churchill. During his time at Barrow he married Louie Jane Rees, also from Pembroke Dock, and in 1907 their only child, a daughter, was born. In January 1916 John moved from Vickers to take up a post as engineer at the Siddeley-Deasey Motor Car Company in the Midlands developing aero engines. He had a major role in the development of an aircraft engine later known as
JOHNES, THOMAS (1748 - 1816), landowner and man of letters Cardiganshire, 1800-16. Johnes married (1) 1779, Maria Burgh of Monmouth (died 1782), daughter of the Rev. Henry Burgh, Monmouth, and (2) in 1782, his cousin Jane Johnes of Dolau Cothi, Carmarthenshire (1759 - 1834). In 1783 he settled at Hafod Uchtryd, near Cwmystwyth, Cardiganshire, and devoted himself to improving the estate. A new mansion was built for him by Thomas Baldwin (see D.N.B.); this was extended
JOHNS, DAVID (fl. 1569-1586), cleric and poet 1573 (' David John, clk.'). His successor, John Williams, was collated according to the NLW MS 1626C (285), 16 May 1598, but on account of his plurality he was re-appointed to Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd on 3 June 1603; he was S.T.P., i.e. D.D. His translation of the verses of S. Bernard ('Cur mundus militat') has been copied in many of the manuscripts, and so has his translation into Latin sapphic verse
JOHNS, WILLIAM (1771 - 1845), Unitarian minister, tutor, and writer conflicting: he is said to have worked on his father's homestead up to the age of 16, and to have known no English - yet, it is also said that at that very age he became assistant-tutor in classics under Dr. Edward Williams (1750 - 1813) in the Oswestry Academy. We may conjecture that he was at the well-known school kept by John Griffiths (1731 - 1811) at Glandŵr. And it is certain that he was helped by the
JONES, Syr THOMAS (bu farw 1622?), cleric and poet Willis, Llandaff, 205), and that he had left it at an uncertain date before the end of the century (Bradney, ii, 208 - ' Thomas ap John '). It is generally held (see G. J. Williams, Traddodiad Llenyddol Morgannwg, 129) that this is the same man - incumbent successively of Llandeilo and of Llanfair, in that case - and it will be seen that the established dates are consistent with this belief. It is also
JONES, ABEL (Bardd Crwst; 1830 - 1901), ballad writer and strolling ballad singer Born at Llanrwst, son of Abel Jones, 'carrier,' and of his wife Jane - both died, aged 74, in 1876; his brother William (died 1893) was also a 'character.' Abel was a one-eyed man; there is a portrait of him in Cymru (O.M.E.), xxvii, 173 and in Cerddi Cymru (n.d.), vol. i. He is known to have been singing at least as early as 1864, and Elfyn (R.O. Hughes) heard him singing at Abergele in the
JONES, ALAN TREVOR (1901 - 1979), health service administrator and Provost, Welsh National School of Medicine Trevor Jones was born in Pengam, Glamorgan 24 February 1901 and educated at Lewis School, Pengam where his father, Roger Williams Jones, was headmaster. He undertook his preclinical medical training at the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire. However, in 1921, rather than pursue his clinical training in Cardiff in order to obtain the medical degrees of the University of Wales - as
JONES, ALFRED ERNEST (1879 - 1958), psychoanalyst and Sigmund Freud's official biographer of the Royal Colleges (L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S.), and a year later, he obtained a London University degree in Medicine (M.B.) with honours and gold medals in Medicine and Obstetrics; and Sir John Williams awarded him the University's Gold Medal in Obstetrics. Within five years, he obtained a series of postgraduate qualifications (M.D. with a gold medal, M.R.C.P., D.P.H.), but after several disagreements
JONES, Sir ALFRED LEWIS (1845 - 1909) Born 24 February 1845, at Carmarthen, son of Daniel Jones by his wife, Mary, daughter of Henry Williams, rector of Llanedy, Carmarthenshire. The family moved to Liverpool when he was 2 years of age. Commencing his career as a ship's apprentice, he became a clerk in the firm of Fletcher and Parr, shipping agents, and rose to be manager of the firm. He subsequently became one of the leading figures

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