THOMAS, JOHN EVAN (1884 - 1941), teacher and writer

Name: John Evan Thomas
Date of birth: 1884
Date of death: 1941
Gender: Male
Occupation: teacher and writer
Area of activity: Education; Literature and Writing
Author: David Thomas

Born at Penygroes, Caernarfonshire, July 1884. He was prize winner for six lyrics at the national eisteddfod of 1921. He edited The Normalite, 1909-10, was author of the Report of the teachers of Caernarfonshire to the Departmental Committee on Rural Education in Wales, 1928, of articles ('Y Gorffennol Di-farw') in Y Winllan, 1925, and articles and poems in Cymru, Y Deyrnas, Y Dinesydd Cymreig, etc. He was treasurer and one of the founders of the North Wales Labour Council, 1914-19. He was headmaster of Penmachno primary school, and tutor of extramural classes. He died 1 January 1941 at Penmachno.

Author

David Thomas, (1880 - 1967)

Sources

Bangor Manuscript at University College North Wales Library, Bangor 8,703
Cymru (O.M.E.), May 1915
Y Dinesydd Cymreig, 2 May 1928
Yr Herald Cymraeg a'r Genedl, 21 January 1941

Additional Links

Wikidata: Q20738563

Published date: 2001

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