Dictionary of Welsh Biography

EVANS, DANIEL SILVAN (1818 - 1903), cleric, translator, editor, and lexicographer Geiriadur Cymraeg between 1887 and 1896. In the early seventies he gradually became emancipated from William Owen Pughe's ideas through contacts made with several young scholars whose scientific training must have deeply influenced him; among these were John Peter, (Sir) John Rhys, and John Gwenogvryn Evans. Through the good offices of Benjamin Williams (Gwynionydd, 1821 - 1891), incumbent of Llanover
EVANS, DANIEL SIMON (1921 - 1998), Welsh scholar secretary of the language and literature section of the University of Wales Board of Celtic Studies, he was awarded the Vernam Hull Memorial Prize twice, and delivered the G. J. Williams Memorial Lecture in 1980 on 'Llafar a Llên yn yr hen gyfnod' (published in 1982). In Lampeter, too, he became associated with the Edwin Mellen Press (Queenstown, Ontario, and Lewiston, New York) ensuring that the press
EVANS, DAVID (Dewi Dawel; 1814 - 1891), tailor, publican, and poet , horticulture, etc. Among his printed compositions are an essay (successful at Llandilo eistedfodd) on the duty of parents to give a good education to their daughters, a ballad, and verses on the state of education in Wales following the report of the commissioners in 1847 ('Brad y Llyfrau Gleision'); these verses (see Yr Ymofynydd, 1849) are reproduced in The Life and Work of William Williams, M.P., by
EVANS, DAVID (1814 - 1847), Wesleyan minister the connexional bookroom (1844) and editor of the Eurgrawn Wesleyaidd (1845-6). He was for years a sick man; his health first broke down while he was at Hoxton, and when his term at Manchester ended he was compelled to retire from the regular ministry for a year (1843). This happened again when his term at Llanidloes was completed (August 1847). In 1841 he married Elizabeth Williams of Aberystwyth
EVANS, DAVID (1879 - 1965), public servant and hymn-writer succession to the late R Trefor Williams was widely welcomed. On the outbreak of the Second World War he became Deputy Senior Regional Officer for the Welsh Region of the Ministry of Health, combining these duties with those of Chief Inspector. He retired from the Civil Service in 1944. During his years in Cardiff David Evans identified himself closely with various social and religious organisations
EVANS, DAVID DAVIES (1787 - 1858), Baptist minister and editor . He died 29 August 1858 and was buried at Pont-rhyd-yr-ynn. Joseph Harris (Gomer had transferred the ownership and editorship of Seren Gomer to David D. Evans in April 1825; he, in turn, transferred it to his assistant, Samuel Evans (1793 - 1856), in 1834. He contributed much to periodicals, e.g. ' Adnoddau Cymru ' in Yr Adolygydd; he also wrote part of the biography of John Williams of Trosnant
EVANS, DAVID JOHN (1884 - 1965), minister (Presb.) and author Seion until his death. In 1943 he married Mary Muriel Williams, Aberystwyth; he died 1 May 1965. He came into prominence in 1926 when he published a handbook on the principal characters of the Old Testament - Prif gymeriadau'r Hen Destament - which had been rejected by his Association because of his liberal outlook. In 1935 he published Hanes Capel Seion, a very useful book of local history.
EVANS, ERNEST (1885 - 1965), county court judge, M.P. the ensuing by-election against William Llewelyn Williams, the candidate chosen by the traditional liberals in Cardiganshire. He won the seat after a bitter battle which split the Cardiganshire Liberal Party for many years. At the 1922 general election, Evans ' majority fell to 515 after a contest against Rhys Hopkin Morris, who stood for the Independent Liberals. At the 1923 general election, he
EVANS, EVAN (1671 - 1721), cleric and missioner in Pennsylvania 1721. An account of his work (including also accounts of his Welsh fellow-workers), based upon S.P.G. records, will be found in two articles by J. A. Thomas in the Journal of the Church in Wales Historical Society, 1954 and 1955. David Williams (Wales and America, Cardiff, 1946, 80-1) points out that Evan Evans's grandson, Oliver Evans, an inventor, was the first to build a steam-engine in the U.S.A.
EVANS, EVAN (Ieuan Fardd, Ieuan Brydydd Hir; 1731 - 1788), scholar, poet, and cleric Llanvihangel Crucorney near Abergavenny, where he remained until the early part of 1769. He then returned to North Wales, becoming curate successively of Llanystumdwy (1769-70), Llandecwyn and Llanfihangel-y-traethau (1770-1), Llanberis (1771-2), and Towyn, Meironnydd, from the end of 1772 until the early part of 1777. From 1771 to 1778 he was helped by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn II, who gave him a pension and
EVANS, EVAN (1804 - 1886), Independent minister and author Rise and Fall of Papacy, Robert Fleming the younger, 1849; Social Religion exemplify'd, Matthias Maurice 1862; he also published a translation by W. Williams, Talgarth, of The privie Key of Heaven, Thomas Brooks, 1845. He edited a periodical, Cyfaill Plentyn, which commenced in 1835 and contributed 'Atgofion Pedwar Ugain Mlynedd' to Cyfaill yr Aelwyd (vi and vii). [ Evans was a prominent participator
EVANS, EVAN (1773 - 1827), Baptist minister Born 3 June 1773 at Bryn-y-gwdyn, Llanarmon, Caernarfonshire, was baptized by John Williams (1768 - 1825) in April 1795, and removed to Rhos-llannerch-rugog c. 1797. He tended at first towards Sandemanianism, but soon decided to plough his own furrow, attaching himself to neither of the two factions which at the time divided North Wales Baptists. In 1802, while working near Llanfyllin, he founded

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