JONES, DAVID GEORGE (1780 - 1879), blacksmith, of Tir-Waun, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire.
Name: David George Jones
Date of birth: 1780
Date of death: 1879
Gender: Male
Occupation: blacksmith
Home: Tir-Waun
Area of activity: Business and Industry
Author: Robert Thomas Jenkins
Date of birth: 1780
Date of death: 1879
Gender: Male
Occupation: blacksmith
Home: Tir-Waun
Area of activity: Business and Industry
Author: Robert Thomas Jenkins
According to his epitaph, he was the author of the well-known verse ' Bydd myrdd o ryfeddodau '; see the discussion on p. 17 of Gomer M. Roberts 's edn. (1961) of J. Thickens, Emynau a'u Hawduriaid.
Author
- Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, (1881 - 1969)
Published date: 2001
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