EVANS, BENJAMIN (1816 - 1886), Baptist minister and author
Date of birth: 1816
Date of death: 1886
Gender: Male
Occupation: Baptist minister and author
Area of activity: Literature and Writing; Religion
Author: Robert Thomas Jenkins
Born at Dre-fach, Carmarthenshire, 2 November 1816, but his parents removed to Tredegar. He was at Pontypool Baptist College (1839-42), and afterwards ministered at Hirwaun (1842-57), at Aberdare (1857-61), and at Neath (1861-86). He wrote much in periodicals, and from 1860 till 1869 was joint editor of the Baptist monthly Y Gwyliedydd. He died 4 November 1886.
Author
- Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, (1881 - 1969)
- Y Gwyddoniadur Cymreig (1889-96) (2nd ed.), x, 574
- T. M. Jones, Llenyddiaeth fy Ngwlad: sef hanes y newyddiadur a'r cylchgrawn Cymreig yn Nghymru, America, ac Awstralia, yn nghyd a'u dylanwad ar fywyd cenedl y Cymry (Treffynnon 1893), 105
Sources
- Wikidata: Q20732650
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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