JONES, JOHN (second half of the 18th century), schoolmaster at Llanddeiniolen, Caernarfonshire, and poet

Name: John Jones
Gender: Male
Occupation: schoolmaster
Area of activity: Education; Poetry
Author: William Llewelyn Davies

Over eighty examples of poems by him are preserved in NLW MS 346B , these being in the form of cywyddau, englynion, carolau, and cerddi, dated variously between 1768 and 1786 and all in Welsh except the ' Election Song written on the Carnarvon Election ' [ 1774 ].

Author

Sir William Llewelyn Davies, (1887 - 1952)

Sources

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, i

Additional Links

Wikidata: Q20733490

Published date: 1959

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