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685 - 696 of 947 for "Edmund Evans"

  • OWEN, GERALLT LLOYD (1944 - 2014), teacher, publisher, poet closing date. Had he done so the Eisteddfod would have received poems from four of the foremost strict metre poets in Wales, namely Alan Llwyd, Dic Jones, Donald Evans and Gerallt himself, which would have proved an additional headache to the adjudicators. The completed poem was published in his volume Cilmeri a Cherddi Eraill. In Swansea in 1982 he won again for his ode 'Cilmeri', about Llywelyn ap
  • OWEN, HENRY (1716 - 1795), cleric, physician, and scholar Bevan and John Evans (1702 - 1782).
  • OWEN, JAMES (1654 - 1706), Dissenting divine and tutor Dissenter, but here again he showed willingness to compromise where principle was not sacrificed - two of his best-known works are Moderation a Virtue, 1703, and Moderation still a Virtue, 1704, in defence of 'occasional conformity.' There is a list of his works in the D.N.B. He did not lose contact with Wales. It was he who furnished Edmund Calamy with particulars of the Welsh 'ejected ministers.' And he
  • OWEN, JOHN (1698 - 1755), chancellor of Bangor remembered as an unremitting foe of Methodism. There is an angry letter by him in the Account of the Welch Charity Schools by John Evans of Eglwys Cymyn (1702 - 1782), which refers to a letter sent by Owen to Griffith Jones of Llanddowror himself, complaining bitterly of the 'Methodism' of the circulating schools. In 1741 he curtly refused Howel Harris's request for a circulating school at Llannor, and
  • OWEN, JOHN (1757 - 1829), writer on religious topics third in 1871). In 1797 he published Golygiadau ar Achosion ag Effeithiau'r Cyfnewidiad yn Ffrainc, a noteworthy manifesto of the Welsh Methodist attitude towards political problems (analysis in J. J. Evans, Dylanwad y Chwyldro Ffrengig, 169-70). To 1818 belongs his Golygiad ar Adfywiad Crefydd yn yr Eglwys Sefydledig yng Nghymru o ddeutu y flwyddyn 1737, a work occasioned by the death of John Evans
  • OWEN, JOHN (1864 - 1953), minister (Presb. C.W.) and author ), Bowydd and Blaenau Ffestiniog English church (1902-09), and Engedi, Caernarfon (1909-26). He married Hannah Evans, Nantlle, but they had no children. He returned to Morfa Nefyn when he retired. He died 1 March 1953 at the Royal Infirmary, Liverpool, and was buried in Nefyn cemetery. He was a prominent figure in the Presb. Church of Wales, being twice Moderator of the North Wales Association (1920 and
  • OWEN, JOHN DYFNALLT (Dyfnallt; 1873 - 1956), minister (Congl.), poet, writer, journalist and Archdruid of Wales 1894. He was a close friend of Ben Bowen and other young poets. His interest in the eisteddfod persisted throughout his ministry in Trawsfynydd (1898-1902) where he was an influence on Ellis Humphrey Evans ('Hedd Wyn'); and Deiniolen (1902-05) where he became acquainted with Thomas Gwynn Jones and William John Gruffydd. He then moved to be minister of Sardis, Pontypridd (1905-10) and while he was
  • OWEN, MORRIS BRYNLLWYN (1875 - 1949), minister (B), college professor, church historian Evans in the history of his period, an address full of dry humour but revealing a deep knowledge of the social and economic background. This was printed in the Trafodion of the society for 1938 and was followed by an article in the Trafodion for 1945-47 on Baptists three centuries ago, a close study of the works of Thomas Edwards, author of Gangræna. In the early numbers of Seren Gomer for 1949 he had
  • OWEN, RICHARD (1839 - 1887), revivalist, Calvinistic Methodist minister 1867 he married Ellen, sister of the Rev. Robert Evans, the missionary. They lived at Rhos-cefn-hir, near Pentraeth, for four years - the wife keeping a shop while he went out preaching. He then went to London for a time and, on his return in 1873, was ordained. After he had settled at Pen-y-sychnant, Penmaenmawr, his powers developed and his influence spread throughout Wales. A simpler and more
  • OWEN, WILLIAM (Gwilym Meudwy, Gwilym Glan Llwchwr; 1841 - 1902), rhymester and tramp church, Llandybïe. One of his brothers was Joseph Pugh Owen, schoolmaster of Torrington Square, London; another was John Owen who married a sister of D. Avan Griffiths, minister of Troedrhiwdalar (Congl.). William Pugh Owen, a priest in Melbourne, Australia, and Dr. John Griffith Owen, a doctor in Kingston-upon-Thames, were the children of that marriage. Edmund Owen Rees of San Francisco, British
  • PANTON, PAUL (1727 - 1797), barrister-at-law and antiquary his limited knowledge of Welsh. In 1758, Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) showed him his copy of the poems of Taliesin. They remained on friendly terms for the remainder of Evans's life (he died 1787), and in the end, after every other scheme had fallen through, he contracted to pay him an annuity of £20 on condition that his collections should go to Plas Gwyn after his death. Within a few months, on 29
  • PARRY, ABEL JONES (1833 - 1911), Baptist minister Born 21 November 1833 at Temperance Bach, Rhyl, son of Thomas and Susie Parry. The family moved to Abergele and later to Liverpool, where he joined the Calvinistic Methodists, but shortly afterwards became a Baptist. In 1854 he began to preach and was admitted to Pontypool College. In 1858 he was ordained at Zion chapel, Cefn-mawr, as successor to Ellis Evans (1786 - 1864), and became the first