Dictionary of Welsh Biography

OWEN, JOHN (1790 - 1846), founder of Owens College, Manchester
OWEN, JOHN (John Owen of Tyn-llwyn; 1807 - 1876), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and writer on agriculture he removed from Gwindy to the large (and run-down) farm of Tyn-llwyn, Pentir, near Bangor. But his landlord was a Tory, and turned John Owen out (1869) for voting for Love Jones Parry of Madryn in the 1868 election. Failing to get a suitable farm, he took to banking at Portmadoc. He did not succeed as a banker, so he resumed farming, at Caenewydd in Llangybi. But in 1873 he was placed in the large
OWEN, JOHN (Owain Alaw; 1821 - 1883), musician him called 'Calfari' appeared in Haleliwia, 1849; in the Rhuddlan eisteddfod of 1851, where he was given the name of Owain Alaw, he took the prize for an anthem, 'Deborah a Barac.' In the same year he tied with John Ambrose Lloyd at the Tremadoc eisteddfod for a cantata, 'Gweddi Habacuc.' Other eisteddfodic successes were - London, 1855, 'Can Mair'; Merthyr Tydfil, 'Y ddaeargryn'; 'Cymanfa Gwent a
OWEN, JOHN (1836 - 1915), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author of the popular ballad 'Cân y Mochyn Du' ('the Ballad of the Black Pig') our young people when the tongue that first sang it will have long been silent in the grave. Forgive, O Lord, the sins of my youth! ' In 1857, while employed as a servant at Blaenmeini, Newport, Pembrokeshire, John Owen attended Gethsemane C.M. chapel, and it was here, after hearing the Rev. John Jones of New Quay preaching, that he was converted to Methodism and decided to enter the ministry. Two
OWEN, JOHN (1854 - 1926), bishop predecessor became bishop of St Asaph in 1889, he appointed John Owen as dean; but in 1892 the dean returned to Lampeter as principal. In 1897 he was appointed bishop of S. David's, and he held the see till his death in London, 4 November 1926. John Owen was a thorough Welshman, in language and sympathy. He was a vigorous controversialist but this did not impair his esteem of his opponents nor theirs of him
OWEN, JOHN (1833 - 1896), cleric and author
OWEN, JOHN (1864 - 1953), minister (Presb. C.W.) and author . He also published Cofiant a gweithiau David Roberts y Rhiw (1908); Rolant y teiliwr ac ysgrifau eraill (1920); Y Cyfundeb a'i neges: the Connexion and its message, in English and Welsh (1935). He edited volumes of the sermons of John Williams, Brynsiencyn (1922 and 1923), and Thomas Charles Williams (1928 and 1929). He also published a textbook on the journeys of St. Paul (1902), and a commentary
OWEN, JOHN - see OWEN, OWEN JOHN
OWEN, JOHN (1857 - 1934), preacher - see OWEN, RICHARD JONES
OWEN, JOHN (1849 - 1917), pastor - see OWEN, JOHN
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, JOHN JONES (1876 - 1947), musician

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