Dictionary of Welsh Biography

EVANS, ILLTUD (1913 - 1972), Catholic priest living in each Catholic, thus making the many into one. Evans spent most of the 1960s in the United States. He lived first in New York, before becoming Preacher-General at the Dominican Provincial House of Studies, Oakland, California, in 1966. There he taught homiletics and conducted diocesan retreats. He was also associate editor of Faith Now. From the beginning of his ministry, Evans had a
EVANS, IOAN LYONEL (1927 - 1984), Labour politician Assembly of the Council of Europe, the Western European Union and the Parliamentarians for World Order. In 1982 he returned to the front bench of the House of Commons, after twelve years on the backbenches, now as number two to Eric Heffer, the opposition spokesman on European and Community affairs. Ioan Evans was always viewed as a conscientious and hard-working constituency MP and a staunch supporter
EVANS, JOHN (d. 1779), Evangelical cleric, translator, and commentator Born at Meini Gwynion, Llanbadarn Odwyn (now Llangeitho), Cardiganshire. He is said to have been educated at Oxford, and to have graduated [but he cannot be identified in Foster's Alumni, and there has been considerable confusion between him and John Evans, 1702 - 1782 ]. His first curacy was at Llanarth, Cardiganshire; then he became curate at Plymouth, to be known henceforth as 'the parson of
EVANS, JOHN (1628 - 1700), Puritan schoolmaster and divine of his own wife he married Powell's widow. Under the Declaration of Indulgence he was licensed (May 1672) to preach to the Independent congregation at Wrexham that had first gathered round Morgan Llwyd, now meeting in a barn rented from Edward Kenrick, while the minister lived in the house in which John Jones the regicide had formerly accommodated Llwyd, and still belonging to the regicide's son
EVANS, JOHN DANIEL (1862 - 1943), early colonist in Patagonia was attacked by an unidentified Indigenous group in the Kel-Kein valley. His three companions were killed before he himself miraculously escaped on his Malacara pony (an incident which occurred in the context of the Argentine 'Conquest of the Desert', now identified by a number of scholars as an Indigenous genocide). He led a party to the Andes in 1885, when Cwm Hyfryd was found by the colonists; he
EVANS, MARY JANE (Llaethferch; 1888 - 1922), elocutionist member of Panteg Congregational church; she was among those members released in 1905 to establish a church in Godre'r Graig. On the initiative of her minister, Ben Davies (1864 - 1937), she took lessons in recitation with David Thomas Jones. Mary Jane now began to recite at literary meetings and at eisteddfodau; she became famous as ' Llaethferch ' and won many chairs and cups. In April 1909, she
EVANS, RHYS (1835 - 1917), musician Born 24 June 1835 in a farmhouse at Cross Inn (now called Ammanford), Carmarthenshire. He was a tailor by trade. He received his first music lessons from one William Penry. When seventeen he went to Swansea where he joined a music class. He moved to Cwmavon and afterwards to Cardiff; at the latter place he became a member of choirs conducted by Rhys Lewis and a Mr. Righton, which performed works
EVANS, THOMAS (1897 - 1963), alderman, education and hospital administrator chairman in 1955 of the board of governors of the United Cardiff hospitals, including the teaching hospital. At the time of his death he was vice-chairman of the Welsh Regional Hospitals Board and he had been chairman of its finance and establishment committee since 1952. In 1952 he was the last chairman of the now defunct Industrial Development Council for Wales and Monmouthshire; he was a part-time
EVANS, THOMAS CHRISTOPHER (Cadrawd; 1846 - 1918), antiquary and folk-lorist Pittsburgh, he returned to Llangynwyd to spend the rest of his life; he married Elizabeth Thomas (of Carmarthen); they had several children. They lived at 'Ty Cynwyd' near the parish church, and Cadrawd filled the house with old furniture, old farm implements, and rural craftsmen's gear - much of his collection is now in the National Museum of Wales, while many of his books are in the Cardiff City Library
EVANS, THOMAS (fl. 1596-1633), poet and transcriber of manuscripts He is known as Thomas Evans of Hendreforfudd, a township in the old parish of Corwen, but now lying in the ecclesiastical parish of Llansantffraid Glyn Dyfrdwy. He was the son of Evan ap John ap Robert ap Madoc ap Jenkin ap Griffith ap Bleddyn and Lowri, daughter of Griffith ab Evan ap David Ddu ap Tudur ab Evan ap Llewelyn ap Griffith ap Meredith ap Llewelyn ap Ynyr. The place and time of his
EVANS, TITUS (1809 - 1864), Unitarian minister and schoolmaster of Llandysul and worked in a lawyer's office at Llandysul and Swansea. Life as a lawyer's clerk did not, however, appeal to him and, once again, he sought out Owen Evans, who was now at Cefn-coed-y-cymer - the two were related to each other. He had already changed his tenets. He passed into Carmarthen College, where he remained for four years (1844-8). He was ordained minister of Rhyd-y-parc, near
EVANS, WILLIAM (d. 1718), Dissenting minister and academy tutor into Welsh by William Evans himself, and published in 1707; there is evidence too, that he wrote a foreword (dated 24 June 1716) to another edition of the same catechism, originally published by Matthew Henry in 1702, and now translated by James Davies (Iaco ap Dewi, 1648 - 1722). Jeremy Owen calls William Evans 'God's gift to his people.' He died probably towards the end of 1718.

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