EVANS, JOHN (Ioan Tachwedd; 1790 - 1856), poet and Wesleyan minister

Name: John Evans
Pseudonym: Ioan Tachwedd
Date of birth: 1790
Date of death: 1856
Child: William Hugh Evans
Child: John Hugh Evans
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet and Wesleyan minister
Area of activity: Poetry; Religion
Author: Griffith Milwyn Griffiths

He composed a considerable amount of verse, which appeared in Y Drysorfa and Yr Eurgrawn. He died 2 May 1856.

John Hugh Evans (Cynfaen) was his son.

Author

Published date: 1959

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