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HUGHES, HUGH (1790 - 1863), artist and author Seren Gomer, 1828, a scathing attack upon the Calvinistic Methodist authorities and particularly upon John Elias - the articles were re-issued in pamphlet form, Y Trefnyddion a'r Pabyddion. Later (in Seren Gomer, 1830-2), under the pen-name 'Cristion,' he battled with Evan Evans, Ieuan Glan Geirionydd (1795 - 1856) on tithe, churchrate, and Church establishment in general. He continued for a while to
HUGHES, JOHN WILLIAMS (1888 - 1979), Baptist minister and college principal . Between December 1974 and January 1977 Seren Cymru published his own memoirs as a weekly series; and in 1978, when he was already ninety years old, these were collected and published by the Gomerian Press, Llandysul, as Troeon yr Yrfa. He died suddenly on 2 October 1979 while visiting his son, Edward, in Cornwall. He was cremated in Truro.
HUMPHREYS, BENJAMIN (1856 - 1934), Baptist minister from the chair of the Welsh Baptist Union (1926), ' Y Bedyddwyr: Eu Hegwyddorion Gwahaniaethol a'u Rhagolygon.' He edited Seren yr Ysgol Sul for many years and was offered, but refused, the editorship of Seren Gomer. He was a theologian, commentator, and historian, as is shown by his commentaries on the epistles to the Philippians and the Colossians, his Hanes Bedyddwyr Felinfoel, 1909, and his
HUMPHREYS, JOHN (1767 - 1829), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author .' He was ordained in 1816. Towards the end of his life, he removed to Cil-llwyn, Bodfari, where he died, April 1829 - 9 April according to contemporary periodicals, 13 April according to later statements; Seren Gomer, 1829, says he was then ninety-five, but all other evidence says sixty-two; he was buried at Caerwys. He was not a popular preacher, but a diligent author and publisher. He translated
ISAAC, DAVID LLOYD (1818 - 1876), cleric and author industrious (though unsystematic and uncritical) writer on history, antiquities, and philology. When a Baptist, he wrote much in Seren Gomer; as an Anglican, even in his Lampeter days, he was a voluminous contributor to Yr Haul - one may specify his articles on antiquities (Haul, 1854-5) and on the translators of the Bible (ibid., 1856), and the miscellany ' Llyfrgell Llwyd o Langathen ' (ibid., 1858-9); he
JAMES, DAVID (Defynnog; 1865 - 1928), schoolmaster, educationist, organiser of summer schools, and author , teaching manuals, plans for language teaching and a children's dictionary. He contributed prolifically to Cymru, Cymru'r Plant, Y Darian, Yspryd yr Oes, Y Genhinen, Seren Gomer, The Welsh Outlook and The Welsh Leader. More importantly it was he who started the Welsh Summer School in 1903. He was an excellent organiser and succeeded in inviting some of the nation's leading scholars to address members of
JAMES, JOHN (1815 - 1869), poet and hymnwriter Born at Colwinston, Glamorganshire. When only a child of 3 he was blinded for life. Though deprived of the advantages of early education, he became the author of numerous hymns and poems. Many of his compositions were published - Seren Bethlehem (Bridgend, 1849; 2nd ed. Aberdare, 1865); Casgliad o Emynau Gwreiddiol (Aberdare, n.d.; the translation was by Isaac Jenkins); Twyni Tregolwyn (Aberdare
JAMES, JOHN LLOYD (Clwydwenfro; 1835 - 1919), Congregational minister and historian ,' appeared in Seren Cymru, 1856-7. He edited Cyfaill y Werin, 1862, and the poetry column in Y Twr (Aberdare) for some time. He wrote much to Y Beirniad, Y Tywysydd, Y Diwygiwr, and Cennad Hedd. He specialized in local and religious history. His two chief published works were Hanes Cymanfaoedd yr Annibynwyr (1867-9, in five parts, unfinished), and Hanes Eglwys Glandwr, 1902. His novel Habakkuk Crabb was
JENKINS, JOHN (GWILI) (1872 - 1936), poet, theologian, and man of letters his sole triumph in a national eisteddfod was the winning of the crown (at Merthyr Tydfil in 1901), which is given for work in free metres. After leaving Oxford he succeeded Watcyn Wyn at Gwynfryn; and in 1910 he married Mary E. Lewis (they had two daughters). In 1914 he was appointed editor of Seren Cymru - he edited it till 1927, and again from 1933 till his death. The war of 1914-19 put an end to
JOHN, JAMES MANSEL (1910 - 1975), Baptist minster and college professor of Youth Clubs. He was also an able musician. He played both the piano and the organ, and while a student in Cardiff he played in a quartet that broadcast regularly on Welsh B.B.C. programmes. As a minister, he contributed articles regularly to Seren Cymru (sometimes using the nom-de-plume 'Selnam'), Y Goleuad, Y Faner, Y Dysgedydd, Trafodion Cymdeithas Hanes y Bedyddwyr and Seren Gomer. He
JONES, BENJAMIN (P[rif] A[rwyddfardd] Môn; 1788 - 1841), poet, writer, and Baptist apologete born to them. He is best remembered for his disputations on the question of baptism with David Owen (Brutus) and Michael Roberts, Pwllheli. He contributed much to Seren Gomer, and published Athrawiaeth Bedydd, 1830; Y Cronicl: neu Draethawd ar Fedydd, 1831; Temperance v. Teetotalism, 1838; An Elegy on the death of Benjamin B. Jones, the eldest surviving child of B. Jones of Holyhead, 1824; and
JONES, BENJAMIN MAELOR (1894 - 1982), educationalist and author Grefyddol ('Religious Education') was published in Yr Adroddiad am 1952; see also his article on Addysg Grefyddol yn yr Ysgolion ('Religious Education in Schools') in Seren Cymru, 8 and 15 July 1938. His M.A. dissertation was published under the title Henry Fielding: Novelist and Magistrate (1933). The University of London made a grant towards its publication and the distinguished judge, the Hon. Mr

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