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ELLIS, THOMAS (1625 - 1673), cleric and antiquary practically went into retirement. Following the death of John Ellis (died 1665), usually referred to as his kinsman, he was made rector of Dolgelley in 1666, and held the living till his death in 1673. As an antiquary, Ellis had a high reputation enhanced by his friendship and co-operation with Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt, but this reputation was somewhat diminished in his own lifetime by his unconvincing
ELSTAN (or ELYSTAN) GLODRYDD, founder of the fifth of the 'royal tribes' of Wales Henry II; but Einion escaped from custody. In 1163 both brothers rallied to the banner of Owain Gwynedd at Corwen, and later both were homagers of the ' lord ' Rhys ap Gruffydd; both, again, co-operated in the re-establishment of Cwm Hir abbey, 1176. Of Cadwallon's three sons, Maelgwn (who took the cross in 1188) died in 1197; his son Cadwallon died in 1234. Einion Clud had two sons: the elder, EINION
EMERY, FRANK VIVIAN (1930 - 1987), historical geographer Wales (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge) pp. 113-60 1969a The World's Landscapes: Wales (Longmans, London) 1969b 'Fresh light on Dr John Lane, co-founder of the copper industry at Swansea', Journal of the Gower Soc. 20: 8-13 1969c '“The best naturalist now in Europe”: Edward Lhuyd F.R.S. (1660-1709)', Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion 1969: 54-69 1970a 'Moated settlements in
EMMANUEL, IVOR LEWIS (1927 - 2007), singer and actor career in movies was more limited, but one performance became famous. He was cast in a minor role as Private James Owen in the 1964 film Zulu. The film presented a somewhat ornamented version of how fewer than 150 British soldiers defended the Rorke's Drift mission station against four thousand Zulus in the South African Wars of 1879. It was co-produced by his friend and fellow Welshman Stanley Baker
ERBERY, WILLIAM (1604 - 1654), Puritan and Independent he was haled before the Committee for Plundered Ministers, 8 February 1652/3, to answer for his heresies (Clarke Papers, ii, 233). He had close connections with the Welsh Puritans, and Morgan Llwyd thought of him as his teacher. He was a violent critic of his co-religionists, and in matters of education opposed the Puritan emphasis on what he called 'carnal knowledge.' On 12 October 1653 Erbery and
EVANS, BERIAH GWYNFE (1848 - 1927), journalist and dramatist Wales Weekly News. In 1892 he went to Caernarvon, as managing editor of the Welsh National Press Co., publishers of Y Genedl Gymreig, The North Wales Observer, and other newspapers, a company in which David Lloyd George was then interested. Here he soon made his mark as a trenchant political journalist, but he resigned his post in 1895, when he was appointed secretary to the 'Cymru Fydd' movement
EVANS, DANIEL SILVAN (1818 - 1903), cleric, translator, editor, and lexicographer 1870 he contributed to a Breton Roman Catholic liturgy, Liherieu hag Avieleu, and from 1871 to 1875 he was editor of Archaeologia Cambrensis. He was preferred to Llanwrin, Montgomeryshire, in 1876, and there he remained until his death. In 1876 he edited Thomas Stephens's Literature of the Kymry and Gwaith y Parchedig Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir), and was co-editor (1876) with David Saunders (1831
EVANS, DAVID (1778 - 1866), Baptist minister Not to be confused with another David Evans, who was minister at Ffynnonhenry (and at Priory Street, Carmarthen) from 1765 to 1793. Dafydd Evans was born at Nant-y-fen, Conwil Elvet, son of Stephen and Jane Evans, and was at school at Conwil under Arthur Evans. He began preaching c. 1808, and in Easter week 1811 was ordained at Ffynnonhenry as co-pastor. In 1846, rather than submit to a legal
EVANS, Sir DAVID OWEN (1876 - 1945), barrister, industrialist and politician as a barrister and published a book entitled Law of Old Age Pensions: Finance Act 1909-10. At the suggestion of Lord Melchett (then Sir Alfred Mond) he joined the Mond Nickel Company, Ltd. in 1916, later becoming Director of this company and a Vice-President of the International Nickel Co. of Canada, Ltd. In 1932, he was elected M.P. (Liberal) for Cardiganshire and he represented that constituency
EVANS, DAVID TECWYN (1876 - 1957), Meth. minister Gymraeg: ei horgraff a'i chystrawen (1911) which was re-printed several times. He was editor of Yr Eurgrawn for twenty years (1931-51), which also gave him the opportunity to teach many to write correct Welsh. He composed some hymns ('Duw a thad yr holl genhedloedd ' being the best known), and translated hymns and poems, some of which appeared in Bytheiad y nef a chaniadau eraill (1927). He was co
EVANS, Sir DAVID TREHARNE (1849 - 1907), lord mayor of London, head of the firm of Richard Evans and Co., trimming manufacturers
EVANS, EMYR ESTYN (1905 - 1989), geographer . Lawlor as A Preliminary Survey of the Ancient Monuments of Northern Ireland (1940). He chaired the Ulster Ancient Monuments Advisory Council, with Davies revived the Ulster Journal of Archaeology, and in 1937-8 excavated the Province's largest Neolithic site, Lyle's Hill, Co. Antrim. With characteristic generosity, in 1939 he gave all his research material on European Bronze Age sickles to Cyril Fox

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