Dictionary of Welsh Biography

EVANS, JOHN (1770 - 1799), traveller and Spanish colonial agent among the Mandan. After proceeding overland for 300 miles he was forced to return because of an encounter with the Sioux. He set out again on 8 June and reached the Mandans on 23 September He drove out the French Canadians, lowered the Union Jack, and hoisted the flag of Spain. Apart from one hunter (Jacques d'Eglise) he was the first white man to ascend the Missouri 1,800 miles above its junction
EVANS, JOHN (1767 - 1827), Baptist minister and head of a school at Islington Born at Usk, 2 October 1767. He was descended from the Evans family of Pentre, Radnorshire, 1712 - 1781). John Evans was educated at Bristol, where he began to preach in 1784, and at Aberdeen; he became M.A. of Edinburgh University in 1790 and was ordained at Worship Street, London, in 1792. In 1796 he opened a school in Islington for young preachers and others, which earned him renown. In 1815
EVANS, JOHN GWENOGVRYN (1852 - 1930), palaeographer offered - the dates in [ ] representing discrepancies between imprints and actual publication: (1) The Text of the Mabinogion … from the Red Book of Hergest (Oxford, 1887); (2) Facsimile of the Black Book of Carmarthen (Oxford, 1908); (3) The Text of the Bruts (Oxford, 1890); (4) The Text of the Book of Llan Dav (Oxford, 1893); (5) The Black Book of Carmarthen (Pwllheli, 1906; students' ed., 1907); (6
EVANS, JOHN JAMES (1894 - 1965), teacher and writer articles to the Ymofynydd. Evans married, on 2 January 1923, Eleanor, the daughter of T. Jones Davies, a Calvinistic Methodist minister at Taffs Wells, at Pembroke Terrace chapel, Cardiff. They had one son and a daughter. He died at Haverfordwest Hospital on 30 December 1965 and he was buried in the graveyard at St. David's.
EVANS, LEWIS PUGH (1881 - 1962), soldier and public figure, Brigadier General, VC, CB, CMG, DSO consolidation, collapsed from loss of blood. As there were numerous casualties, he refused assistance, and by his own efforts ultimately reached the dressing station. His example of cool bravery stimulated in all ranks the highest valour and determination to win', London Gazette, 26 November 1917. He was decorated with the VC by H.M. King George V at Buckingham Palace, 2 January 1918. After recovering from
EVANS, MALDWYN LEWIS (1937 - 2009), champion bowler Mal Evans was born at 62, Rees Street, Gelli in the Rhondda on 8 November 1937, the son of Clifford ('Cliff') Maldwyn Evans (1904-1985) and his wife Haulwen, née Evans, (1905-1993). He rose to fame in June 1972 when he was crowned world singles bowls champion on the outdoor greens at Worthing, Sussex. He came from a bowling family and both his father and uncle, John Morgan Evans (1917-1985), were
EVANS, MARY JANE (Llaethferch; 1888 - 1922), elocutionist entered the Old College School, Carmarthen run by Joseph Harry; in order to meet the fees, her family sold the cows. She was placed in a class of talented students and a special course on literature was arranged for her. Mary Jane preached for the first time at Godre'r Graig on 8 July 1909; she usually included a recitation with the sermon. In 1912, she took an examination in elocution and obtained the
EVANS, MEREDYDD (1919 - 2015), campaigner, musician, philosopher and television producer passion meant that at times he could lose his temper, but he would never hold a grudge. He was awarded an honorary DLitt by the University of Wales in 1998 and honorary fellowships from the Universities of Bangor, Aberystwyth, Trinity Saint Davids and the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. Shortly after his death in 2015 he was awarded the Good Tradition Award by the Radio 2 Folk Awards, and in 2019, to mark
EVANS, OWEN (1808 - 1865), Unitarian minister and schoolmaster Neath, and (2) to Margaret Harries of Penderyn, a descendant of Siôn Llewelyn, one of the founders of the Old Meeting House. Apart from articles for the Ymofynydd he published sermons on Temporal Judgments, 1846, and a translation of a sermon preached by the Rabbi Raphael of Birmingham on the Unity of God, 1846, He died 9 January 1865 and was buried in the Old Meeting House cemetery at Cefn Coed.
EVANS, PHILIP (1645 - 1679), priest, of the Society of Jesus, and martyr Carne (of the Nash family) and Christopher Turberville of Sker. He was arrested on 2 December 1678 at Sker, after John Arnold had offered £50 reward for his capture, in the nation-wide upheaval that followed the disclosures of Titus Oates. He was imprisoned in Cardiff castle with Father John Lloyd, and the two priests were tried in the Shire Hall on Thursday and Friday, 8 and 9 May 1679, by judge Owen
EVANS, RICHARD HUMPHREYS (1904 - 1995), Calvinistic Methodist minister and professor of theology Born 8 April 1904 in Holyhead and educated at the town's County School. He graduated in UCNW Bangor in 1927 with honours in Latin, and after commencing the B.D. course in Bangor he moved to the United Theological College in Aberystwyth in 1929, completing the degree in 1931. He continued his theological education in Oxford after gaining a Pierce Special Scholarship and enrolled in Saint
EVANS, RICHARD THOMAS (1892 - 1962), Baptist minister and administrator Born 8 October 1892 at Penygraig, Rhondda Valley, Glamorganshire, son of David and Mary Evans (his father was killed in an accident in Abercynon colliery in 1924). His father was a prominent Baptist in the locality, especially so after moving to Abercynon, where he was a deacon at Calfaria chapel. In the second decade of the century he was a keen supporter of the campaign to establish a Support

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