Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HUGHES, EDWARD (d. 1862), harpist son of William Hughes, harpist, Llansantffraed, Montgomeryshire ' Eos Maldwyn ' won a valuable harp at one of the eisteddfodau organised by Cymreigyddion y Fenni (Abergavenny). He died of tuberculosis in Liverpool, 9 December 1862.
HUGHES, EDWARD DAVID (1906 - 1963), scientist and Professor of Chemistry in London University Born in Ynysgain Bach, a farm near Llanystumdwy, Caernarfonshire, 18 June 1906, youngest son of the nine children of Huw and Ann Hughes, who came from Llandecwyn, Meironnydd. He was educated in Llanystumdwy primary school and Porthmadog grammar school. He was fortunate to have a notable science teacher in W.J. Hughes, and consequently secured a place for himself in the University College, Bangor
HUGHES, EDWARD ERNEST (1877 - 1953), first Professor of history at the University College, Swansea, and a notable intermediary between the university and the public Born 7 February 1877 in Towyn, Merionethshire, one of the 8 children of Owen, a policeman who ended his career as deputy chief constable of his county, and Catherine Hughes. He became blind in one eye and damaged the other in an accident as a child, a disability which he overcame to a large extent by developing his memory and hearing. He went to Bala grammar school, and lodged with the headmaster
HUGHES, ELIZABETH PHILLIPS (1851 - 1925), educationalist Born 12 July 1851 at Carmarthen, daughter of John Hughes, surgeon, and Anne Hughes (née Phillips). Her paternal grandfather was Hugh Hughes (1778 - 1855), a famous preacher; on her mother's side her descent was partly Jewish. To this admixture of races her brother, Hugh Price Hughes, one time president of the Wesleyan conference, attributed the liveliness of mind of himself and his sisters, who
HUGHES, ELLEN (1862 - 1927), poet, essayist, lecturer, preacher, temperance campaigner Ellen Hughes was born on 18 May 1862, in Llanengan, Caernarfonshire, the daughter of the Reverend William Hughes (1820-1867), a Calvinistic Methodist minister, and his wife Catherine (née Benjamin, 1833-1877). Their home, Tan-y-fynwent, had long been in the possession of her mother's family, and it was there that Ellen Hughes lived for most of her life. She was the first daughter in the family
HUGHES, EMRYS DANIEL (1894 - 1969), politician, journalist and author Born 10 July 1894, the son of Rev. J.R. Hughes, 94 Henry Street, Tonypandy, Glamorganshire, minister (C.M.) and Annie (née Williams) his wife. He was educated at the council school at Abercynon, Glamorganshire, Mountain Ash secondary school and Leeds college of education. As a schoolmaster and journalist at Pontypridd and the Rhondda, he became an enthusiastic member of the Labour Party and came
HUGHES, EVAN (d. 1800), cleric and author
HUGHES, EZEKIEL (1766 - 1849), one of the early Welsh settlers in the far west of the U.S.A. Born 22 August 1766, son of Richard Hughes, Cwm Carnedd Uchaf, Llanbryn-mair. He appears to have had some little education at Shrewsbury. At the age of twenty he was bound apprentice to John Tibbott (see Tibbott family) the clock-maker of Newtown. When his apprenticeship was over, he opened his own clock-making establishment at Machynlleth (1789), where he came under the influence of William
HUGHES, GAINOR (1745 - 1780), fasting woman stanzas were engraved on Gainor Hughes's gravestone. Peter held that they were the work of Jonathan Hughes and, after some deliberation, Daniel agreed, although he did not believe that the poet's name had ever appeared on the stone. Manuscript evidence, however, suggests that the poet was John Rees (Rice) of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant. The gravestone was already in poor condition when Daniel conducted his
HUGHES, GARETH - see HUGHES, WILLIAM JOHN
HUGHES, GARFIELD HOPKIN (1912 - 1969), university lecturer and Welsh scholar Born 13 December 1912 at Hendy, Pontarddulais, Glamorganshire, son of John and Rachel Hughes. He was educated at Hendy council school, and Llanelli grammar school before going to U.C.W., Aberystwyth, in 1932, where he was awarded the Cynddelw Scholarship in 1934 and graduated with first-class honours in Welsh in 1935, and in English (class II, i) in 1936. Following a teacher training course, he
HUGHES, GRIFFITH (fl. 1707-1750), cleric and naturalist Born in 1707 (christened 29 April) at Towyn, Meironnydd, son of Edward and Bridget Hughes; matriculated from S. John's College, Oxford, in May 1729, and was ordained deacon and priest (London) in 1732. In that year, he was recommended to the S.P.G. for the Anglican mission in Pennsylvania, and began his ministry at S. Davids, Radnor, Pa., from which he also itinerated. He reported to the society

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