JONES, JOHN (Ioan Bryngwyn Bach; 1818 - 1898), working man, astronomer, and linguist
Pseudonym: Ioan Bryngwyn Bach
Date of birth: 1818
Date of death: 1898
Gender: Male
Occupation: working man, astronomer, and linguist
Area of activity: Business and Industry; Scholarship and Languages; Science and Mathematics; Space and Aviation
Author: David Thomas
Born at Bryngwyn Bach, Dwyran, Anglesey. He commenced life as a farm labourer but was a slate loader at Port Penrhyn, Bangor, from 1848, and studied in his spare time. An excellent astronomer, he constructed two telescopes for himself. A good linguist, he owned twenty-six dictionaries and read the Scriptures in the Welsh, English, Greek, and Hebrew Testaments at his breakfast table. He was also a musician and a writer of verse. Samuel Smiles visited him and wrote about him. He died at Bangor in 1898.
Author
- David Thomas, (1880 - 1967)
- S. Smiles, Men of Men of Invention and Industry (London 1884)
- Y Traethodydd, 1898
- Y Geninen (Gŵyl Ddewi), 1901, 42-6
- Young Wales: a national magazine for Wales, 1898, 272-4
Sources
- Wikipedia Article: John Jones
Further Reading
Published date: 1959
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