EVANS, BENJAMIN (Telynfab; 1844 - 1900), Baptist minister and author

Name: Benjamin Evans
Pseudonym: Telynfab
Date of birth: 1844
Date of death: 1900
Gender: Male
Occupation: Baptist minister and author
Area of activity: Literature and Writing; Religion
Author: Robert Thomas Jenkins

Born at Dowlais 2 May 1844. He went to Haverfordwest Baptist College in 1868, and was minister at S. Davids from 1871 till 1876. In 1876 he removed to Gadlys, Aberdare, and remained there till his death, 23 August 1900. His best-known work is his biography, 1891, of Thomas Price (1820 - 1888) of Aberdare.

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Published date: 1959

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