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EVANS, JONAH (1836 - 1896), preparatory school tutor, and minister (Congl.) Congregational church at Llansawel, and was ordained as minister there in 1870. He served the churches on Sundays, and lectured on ' Agriculture ' throughout the country. He wrote Cofiant Evan Jones, Crugybar, 1804-78 (Llandeilo, 1883), and Y Berllan Ddiwinyddol. He died 31 March 1896.
EVANS, LEWIS (1755 - 1827), mathematician Born at Caerleon-on-Usk, he was the son of THOMAS EVANS (1716 - 1774), of Bassaleg, Monmouth, cleric and schoolmaster, and the grandson of a RICE EVANS of whom nothing further is known. Lewis Evans, after a clerical career, became first mathematical master at Woolwich Military Academy, and was elected F.R.S. (1823). His Welsh birth would barely justify his inclusion here, for he had no other
EVANS, LEWIS (c. 1700 - 1756), cartographer , but he died 12 June 1756 before completing the task; he was at the time in custody in New York on a charge of libel against the governor Robert Hunter Morris. His map was used unacknowledged many times between 1755 and 1814 by London map publishers. In 1776 it was published in America by Thomas Pownall with his Topographical Description of North America to aid Evans' family which was in straightened
EVANS, MALDWYN LEWIS (1937 - 2009), champion bowler his career as head of the middle school at Ferndale Comprehensive School. He and his brother Gwyn both served as deacons at Hebron Welsh Baptist Chapel, Ton Pentre. Following a protracted illness Mal Evans died at his home, Aelfryn, Upper Canning Street, Ton Pentre on 30 December 2009, aged 72 years, leaving a widow Mary (née Jones), whom he married in 1967, and who died in 2010, and a son Gareth
EVANS, MARY JANE (Llaethferch; 1888 - 1922), elocutionist member of Panteg Congregational church; she was among those members released in 1905 to establish a church in Godre'r Graig. On the initiative of her minister, Ben Davies (1864 - 1937), she took lessons in recitation with David Thomas Jones. Mary Jane now began to recite at literary meetings and at eisteddfodau; she became famous as ' Llaethferch ' and won many chairs and cups. In April 1909, she
EVANS, MAURICE (1765 - 1831), Evangelical cleric Ifan and Bron-gwyn, 30 October 1820. He died 24 December 1831. His evangelical zeal was much admired by many leaders of the Evangelical movement in England in the time of Henry Venn. Thomas Jones of Creaton (1752 - 1845) said of him in a letter to Thomas Charles, March 1794 - 'He is a charming soul, a bundle of sweet dispositions.' He played a leading part in paving the way for getting Bibles for the
EVANS, MEREDYDD (1919 - 2015), campaigner, musician, philosopher and television producer time at Bangor, with the BBC studios on the doorstep, that Sam Jones, a talented producer, enticed him into appearing on his popular radio program Noson Lawen. As one of Triawd y Coleg (with Robin Williams and Cledwyn Jones), he was soon central to the success of the program, often composing the lyrics and tunes to their catchy songs. The program was extremely popular, and at one point it was
EVANS, MORRIS EDDIE (1890 - 1984), composer competing as a young man and won several eisteddfod prizes for hymn-tunes, including prizes at the National Eisteddfod in 1937 (Machynlleth) and 1977 (Wrexham); but the tune which secured him lasting fame is 'Pantyfedwen', to the words 'Tydi a wnaeth y wyrth, O Grist, Fab Duw' by W. Rhys Nicholas (1914-1996), which won a prize of £300 at the Rhys Thomas James Eisteddfod in Lampeter in 1968. The tunes has
EVANS, OWEN (1829 - 1920), Congregational minister and author Born 19 November 1829 in Pen-y-bont-fawr, Montgomeryshire. He hailed from a deeply religious family - on his mother's side he was related to the hymnist, Ann Griffiths. He worked in a factory at first. He was received into church membership at Llanfyllin when he was sixteen. For a while he was at a school kept by Evan Jones (Ieuan Gwynedd); later he himself kept school in the same place. He began
EVANS, OWEN ELLIS (1920 - 2018), Methodist minister and biblical scholar Owen E. Evans was born on 23 December 1920 in Barmouth, the son of Owen Jones Evans (1887-1926), pharmacist, and his wife Elizabeth Mary (née Jones, 1887-1961), owner of a small hotel. He had one older brother, John William. He spent the first five years of his life in Wimbledon, London, but the family was forced to move back to Barmouth in the summer of 1926 because of his father's illness. He
EVANS, PETER MAELOR (1817 - 1878), publisher Born 10 April 1817, near Adwy'r Clawdd, Denbighshire, where his father, Thomas Evans, was a schoolmaster till he forsook teaching to manage lead mines. He received his early education at his father's school and afterwards at a day school in Mold and at Ruthin Grammar School, where he had a thorough grounding in the classics. He was intended for the law, but decided on printing as a career. He
EVANS, PHILIP (1645 - 1679), priest, of the Society of Jesus, and martyr Glamorgan. He visited Charles Proger at Wern-ddu, Llantilio Crossenny, and at his trial witnesses came from Llanfihangel Crucorney and Llangattock juxta Caerleon. As ' Captain Evans ' he stayed with Thomas Gunter of Abergavenny and preached in Welsh in his chapel in Cross Street where, it was said, '100's goe to Mass there when not 40 goe to Church'. In Glamorgan he visited Pyle and the houses of Howel

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