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JONES, Sir DAVID THOMAS ROCYN - gweler ROCYN-JONES, Sir DAVID THOMAS
JONES, ELIAS HENRY (1883 - 1942), administrator and author Born at Aberystwyth 21 September 1883, eldest son of Sir Henry Jones and Annie (Walker). He was educated at Glasgow High School, Glasgow University, the University of Grenoble and Balliol College, Oxford, where he proceeded M.A. After being called to the Bar, he passed the Indian Civil Service administrative grade examinations, and in 1905 went to serve in Burma. He retired in 1922 as Financial
JONES, Sir ELIAS WYNNE CEMLYN - gweler CEMLYN-JONES, Sir ELIAS WYNNE
JONES, ELIZABETH JANE LOUIS (1889 - 1952), scholar three years, mostly in London and Oxford libraries. During her time in London she and her close friend Morfydd Llwyn Owen were assisted by Sir John Herbert Lewis and his wife, Ruth. In 1912 she won a prize and medal at Wrexham national eisteddfod for the principal essay on the history of the Eisteddfod. The following year she gained her M.A. degree for a thesis on this topic. She was appointed a
JONES, ELIZABETH MARY (Moelona; 1877 - 1953), teacher and novelist she had profited from the cultural opportunities of the city of Cardiff, and attendance at meetings of the Anglo-French society where she became acquainted with the stories of Alphonse Daudet, describing life in his native locality. Eventually ' Moelona 's' translations of Daudet's works were published in various magazines such as Cymru (1916) - Sir O.M. Edwards had encouraged her to write - Y Wawr
JONES, EMRYS (1920 - 2006), geographer Emrys Jones was born at 3 Henry Street, Aberaman, Aberdare, Glamorganshire, 17 August 1920. His parents were Samuel and Annie (née Williams) Jones. The geologist Sir Alwyn Williams, his mother's nephew, was a cousin. From his upbringing in the mining valleys, and like many of his contemporaries of the depression years, he inherited a tradition of total commitment to Wales, its language and
JONES, EMYR WYN (1907 - 1999), cardiologist and author Emyr Wyn Jones was born on 23 May 1907 in Waunfawr, Caernarfonshire, the second son of the Rev. James Jones (1858-1926), a Methodist minister, and his wife Ellen (née Jones). His brother James died in 1923 at the age of twenty-four. Emyr attended primary school in Waunfawr and Sir Hugh Owen County School in Caernarfon, and went on to follow in his elder brother's footsteps at Liverpool University
JONES, EVAN DAVID (1903 - 1987), librarian and archivist E. D. Jones was born in Llangeitho, Ceredigion, on 6 December 1903, the eldest of the seven children of Evan Jones, farmer of Y Wenallt, and his wife Jane. He was educated at Tregaron County School and at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he graduated with honours in Welsh in 1926 and in History in 1927. Awarded the Sir John Williams research scholarship, 1928-29, he began to
JONES, Sir EVAN DAVIES (1859 - 1949), 1st baronet, of Pentower, Fishguard, civil engineer, Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire Engineer and Railway Staff Corps of the Royal Engineers, was a member of the committee of three appointed to deal with the organisation of civilian labour for defence purposes in the London area, was Petrol Controller, 1917-18, Chairman of the Road Transport Board, 1918-19, and Commissioner for Dyes under the Board of Trade, 1917-19; he was also Controller of Coal Mines in 1919. Sir Evan Jones (he was
JONES, FRANCES MÔN (1919 - 2000), harpist and teacher Jones, a native of Aberffraw, in 1947. They lived in a number of different places in North Wales before settling at Llanfair Caereinion in 1965, where she lived for the rest of her life. Her husband died in 1982. She was invested with the MBE in 1983 and the Sir T. H. Parry-Williams Medal at the Anglesey National Eisteddfod in 1999. She died on 8 September 2000 and was cremated at Wrexham Crematorium
JONES, GRIFFITH (Glan Menai; 1836 - 1906), schoolmaster and author year in recognition of his services to the literature of Wales. Glan Menai was a keen eisteddfodwr and won a number of important prizes in the eisteddfodau of those days. He published several books, e.g. a novel Hywel Wyn (1861), Enwogion Sir Aberteifi (1868), Caneuon (1886), Cyfystyron y Gymraeg (1892), Traethawd Bywgraffyddol a Beirniadol ar Edmwnd Prys (1899), Guide to Llanfairfechan (1901), etc
JONES, GRIFFITH (1683 - 1761), cleric and educational reformer . school founded by Sir John Philipps and John Pember. On 3 July 1711 he was appointed rector of Llandeilo-Abercywyn, Carmarthenshire. At Laugharne and Llandeilo-Abercywyn he became known as a great preacher, and thousands gathered to hear him from all parts of South Wales. Bishop Adam Ottley, on 8 May 1714, complained about his 'going about preaching on week days in Churches, Churchyards, and sometimes

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