Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, THOMAS (1908 - 1990), trade unionist and Spanish Civil War veteran was the last British member of the International Brigade to return home. By this time both his parents had died. Because of his exploits in Spain, he was henceforward known locally as 'Twm Sbaen' or 'Tom Spain'. In 1942 he married a widow from Rhos, Rosa Edwards (née Thomas), whose husband had died of tuberculosis in 1941. They had two children, Keith and Moira, and he treated the two children from
JONES, THOMAS (1870 - 1955), university professor, civil servant, administrator, author ), A Theme with variations (1933), Leeks and Daffodils (1942), Rhymney memories (1938), Cerrig Milltir (1942), The Native never Returns (1946), Lloyd George (1951), Welsh Broth (1951), A Diary with Letters (1954), The Gregynog Press (1954), Whitehall Diaries Vol I and II (1969), edited by Keith Middlemas. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Glasgow University (1922), the University of Wales
JONES, Sir THOMAS ARTEMUS (1871 - 1943), journalist, judge and historian became a King's Counsel and in 1928 he was appointed to represent Britain on the Claims Commission set up as a result of disturbances in Mexico. He was knighted for his service in 1931. In 1930 he was appointed Judge of County Courts in north Wales, an appointment he held until October 1942. In 1938 he was elected chairman of the Caernarfonshire Quarter Sessions and in the same year he was awarded the
JONES, THOMAS GWYNN (1871 - 1949), poet, writer, translator and scholar being Macbeth (Shakespeare, Papur Pawb, 1902, separate publication 1942), Dychweledigion (Die Gjengängere, Ibsen, 1920), Faust (Goethe, 1922). His main translation from Welsh to English was Visions of the sleeping bard (Gweledigaethau y Bardd Cwsc, Ellis Wynne, Gregynog Press, 1940). In addition he published novels, plays, a travel book (Y Môr Canoldir a'r Aifft, 1913), reminiscences (Brithgofion
JONES, TREVOR ALEC (1924 - 1983), Labour politician He was born at Clydach Vale on 12 August 1924, the son of Alexander (Alec) Jones. He was educated at Rhondda County Boys' Grammar School, Porth. He worked as a clerk to the Rhondda UDC, 1940-42, and served in the RAF, 1942-45. He then attended Bangor Normal College, 1945-47, and worked as a teacher at Essex, 1947-49, and at Blaenclydach secondary school, 1949-67. Alec Jones had joined the Labour
JONES, Sir WILLIAM (1888 - 1961), administrator and politician 1949. He came to much prominence as Secretary to the Conference of Welsh Councils which discussed the Report of the Welsh Church Commissioners. In 1942 he became a member of the Advisory Council for Post-War Reconstruction in Wales and Monmouthshire, and from 1942 until 1945 he served as the Regional Controller for South Wales of the Ministry of Fuel and Power. He was also a part-time director of the
JONES, WILLIAM PHILIP (1878 - 1955), minister (Presb.) and Principal of Trefeca College good and successful tutor, and accomplished the great task of collecting thousands of pounds to establish a fund for the preservation of the old buildings at Trefeca. His handbook on the Gospel of S. Mark - in Welsh and English - was published in 1912, and a bilingual volume Trevecca College 1842-1942 appeared in 1942. He contributed occasionally to Y Goleuad, Y Lladmerydd and Cylchgrawn Cymdeithas
JOYCE, GILBERT CUNNINGHAM (1866 - 1942), bishop consecrated Bishop of Monmouth on 30 November 1928; he relinquished his see in 1940, and died at Tenby, 22 July 1942. He was buried at Tenby. Joyce took a leading part in the life of the Church in Wales, and his counsel was also eagerly sought in educational movements. He was Pro-Chancellor of the University of Wales (which conferred on him the honorary degree of LL.D. in 1937) from 1934 to 1941, and
KOTSCHNIG, ELINED PRYS (1895 - 1983), psychoanalyst and pacifist Union from the women of Wales to their counterparts in the United States, although her name does not appear in the minutes of the meetings held as preparations intensified during 1923. On 2 February 1924, aged twenty-nine, Elined ('one of the non-official deputation') joined leader Mrs Peter Hughes Griffiths or Annie Jane Hughes Griffiths (1873-1942) on board the RMS Cedric sailing from Liverpool to
LEWIS, ALUN (1915 - 1944), poet . He taught for a time at Lewis' School, Pengam, but without waiting to be called up joined the Army in May 1940. He had begun to contribute to literary journals in 1938, and in 1940-41 was a mover in the 'Caseg Broadsheets' venture. On 5 July 1941 he married Gweno Ellis of Aberystwyth. This same year appeared his first volume of poems, Raiders' Dawn, and in 1942 a volume of short stories, The Last
LEWIS, DAVID (Ap Ceredigion; 1870 - 1948), cleric, poet, and hymn-writer also appeared in other Church publications, such as Yr Haul, Y Cyfaill Eglwysig and Perl y plant, and also in Cymru and Y Geninen. He was one of the literary editors of Emynau'r Eglwys, which appeared in 1942, and in that collection there are a number of his hymns, original and translated, and some carols. His work does not bear obvious marks of distinction, but it is fluent and pleasant, and
LEWIS, EDWARD ARTHUR (1880 - 1942), historian Thomas, vice-principal of Barry Training College, who died in December 1942. He died suddenly 7 January 1942. A D.Litt. (Wales) and D.Sc. (London), he was responsible for several early pioneer works on Welsh agrarian and social history. The Mediaeval boroughs of Snowdonia (1912) established principles for later work on the growth of municipal institutions in Wales. Some years earlier there had appeared

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