Dictionary of Welsh Biography

EVANS, EVAN KERI (1860 - 1941), minister (Congl.) born at Pontceri near Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, 2 May 1860, son of Evan Evans (1817 - 1902) and Mary, his wife, (1816 - 1864). Apprenticed as a carpenter, he began writing poetry from an early age, winning a chair at an eisteddfod in Crymych when he was only 17 years old, and, it is said, was carried in it all the way home to Newcastle Emlyn. He began to preach at Tre-wen Independent
EVANS, GEORGE EWART (1909 - 1988), writer and oral historian Market (1956-62), Helmingham, near Ipswich (1962-8) and finally the village of Brooke on the border of Norfolk and Suffolk. A frequent broadcaster and lecturer, he received honorary doctorates from the universities of Essex (D.U., 1982) and Keele (D.Litt., 1983) though not from any Welsh institution. Nevertheless, he never lost his keen sense of Welsh nationality nor his Welsh accent. He strove to
EVANS, GEORGE EYRE (1857 - 1939), Unitarian minister and antiquary Son of David Lewis Evans. Born 8 September 1857 at Colyton, Devon. He was educated at a school kept by William Thomas (Gwilym Marles, 1834 - 1879) and at a school in Liverpool. For some years he was minister of the Church of the Saviour at Whitchurch, Salop, and later devoted many years of his life without pay to the service of the Unitarian chapel at Aberystwyth. But he was, above all, an
EVANS, HAROLD MEURIG (1911 - 2010), teacher, lexicographer -Fan Care Home in Betws, near Ammanford. His mind was as alert and his voice as strong as ever and his memory was amazing. He was ill for the short period of a week before his death at Glangwili Hospital, Carmarthen on 2 December 2010. He was buried at Rhydgoch Cemetry, Pontarddulais on the 9 December following a service at the Chapel of Rest at Blaenau where the Reverend Lyn Rees paid him a
EVANS, HENRY WILLIAM (1840 - 1919), labour leader and author Born 2 April 1840 in Pwll-y-glaw, Cwmavon, Glamorganshire. After receiving some education at Pen-y-cae, Pontrhyd-y-fen, he went to work in a coal-mine. In 1860 he moved to Aberdare, where he began to preach with the Congregationalists, became a public lecturer, a labour leader, and an advocate of prohibition. He emigrated to Pennsylvania, U.S.A., in July 1864, and settled in Pittston, becoming a
EVANS, IOAN LYONEL (1927 - 1984), Labour politician elections in the 1950s - in 1955 and 1959. He was a JP for Birmingham, 1960-70, and for Middlesex from 1970. He served as the Labour MP for the Yardley constituency, 1964-70, when he was defeated by his Conservative opponent Derek Coombs, and subsequently, as the successor to Arthur Probert MP, for Aberdare, 1974-83, and the re-named Cynon Valley constituency from 1983 until his premature death. From 2
EVANS, JANET (1894 - 1970), journalist and civil servant director of the exporting firm Amalgamated Anthracite Collieries, Ltd. in London. Despite being brought up in London, she took a deep interest in everything Welsh and was special correspondent on Welsh affairs to London newspapers. She travelled widely in Europe and twice went to America to visit relatives and give lectures to Welsh communities there. At the beginning of World War II she was for 2 years
EVANS, JOHN (1840 - 1897), Wesleyan minister ) (1875), London (1878), Bangor (1886), Oswestry (Llanrhaeadr Mochnant circuit) (1889). He was minister at the English chapel, Liverpool Road, London (1890), and started a mission at Pontypridd (1893). He died in Liverpool when on a preaching tour, 23 October 1897. He married (1) Charlotte, daughter of John Pritchard, Norwood Grove, Liverpool, and (2) Clara Kate Richardson of Ealing. He went to the
EVANS, JOHN (1796 - 1861), schoolmaster , Aberystwyth, for fourteen years. He died 2 April 1861.
EVANS, JOHN (Ioan Tachwedd; 1790 - 1856), poet and Wesleyan minister He composed a considerable amount of verse, which appeared in Y Drysorfa and Yr Eurgrawn. He died 2 May 1856. John Hugh Evans (Cynfaen) was his son.
EVANS, JOHN (1651? - 1724), bishop of Bangor and later of Meath matriculated at Gloucester Hall, 6 March 1667/8, aged 16; no graduation recorded, and no reference to Jesus College. One can hardly neglect this entry; the ' Plasdu ' is significant, and according to Griffith's pedigree the bishop's father was named 'Ynyr Evans' - if the lad was called 'John ab Ynyr,' or 'Bynyr,' the record might easily have muddled the name. As things stand, the matter must be left in doubt
EVANS, JOHN (1702 - 1782), cleric and anti-Methodist Born at Meidrym, Carmarthenshire, 2 September 1702, son of Rice Evans and grandson of Thomas Price, vicar of Meidrym with Llanfihangel Abercowin for thirty-nine years; educated at Carmarthen grammar school and at Jesus College, Oxford, where he matriculated 26 February 1721/2, and is possibly the unidentified John Evans who, according to Foster, graduated in February 1725/6. In 1730 he received

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