Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ELLIS, JOHN GRIFFITH (1723/4 - 1805), Methodist exhorter societies; as such, he reports to Howel Harris from Penllech, 20 April 1748, but in a P.S. it is said that he would not be at the Carmarthen Association in May following - a hint of something gone wrong. Ellis is conjectured to have been disciplined by Harris in July 1749. But he was present with William Griffith of Cefn Amwlch at Garth, Brecknock, in November 1748, and preached, so William Jones
ELLIS, ROBERT (Cynddelw; 1812 - 1875), Baptist minister, preacher, poet, antiquary, and commentator Born 3 February 1812 at Ty'n-y-meini near Pen-y-bont-fawr, Montgomeryshire. He was a farm labourer from 1822 until 1835. His interest in literature and antiquities and his knowledge of poetry were probably kindled by his mother and rustic literati such as Richard Morris, the turner of Pentre-felin, James Jones the tailor, and Humphrey Bromley, the Unitarian preacher. These interests absorbed him
ELLIS, ROBERT MORTON STANLEY (1898 - 1966), minister (Presb.), and author preacher and especially as a lecturer. He lectured on such topics as ' Utgyrn Seion ', ' Joseph Jenkins ' and ' Philip Jones ', and had a special talent of mimicking his heroes. His books, too, are about preachers: Living Echoes (1951), Doniau a daniwyd (1957), Lleisiau doe a heddiw (1961). In 1963 he published an entertaining biography, Wrth gofio'r daith. He died 2 November 1966, and was buried in
ELLIS, TECWYN (1918 - 2012), educationalist, scholar and author Welsh on the subject 'The life and work of Edward Jones (the King's Bard)', published six years later by the University of Wales Press. He held teaching appointments at the Queen Elizabeth grammar school, Carmarthen, 1947-51, and at the boys' grammar school, Bala, 1952-58. During 1958-60 he was a Research Officer in the Faculty of Education at UCW, Aberystwyth. The purpose of this research, in his own
ELLIS, THOMAS (1711/12 - 1792), cleric minister, of a rather strict and puritanical type, and a warm supporter of Griffith Jones's schools; there are many letters of his in Welch Piety, including a sharp condemnation of John Evans of Eglwys Cymyn (1702 - 1782); he seems to have acted as a sort of supervisor of the schools in Anglesey, and was one of the half-dozen Welsh clerics appointed by Griffith Jones to receive contributions towards the
ELLIS, THOMAS EDWARD (1859 - 1899), M.P. for Merioneth (1886-99) and chief Liberal whip (1894-5) Son of Thomas Ellis and Elizabeth his wife. He was born at Cynlas, Cefnddwysarn, near Bala, 16 February 1859. He was educated at the British School, Llandderfel, and at the grammar school, Bala, where his contemporaries included D. R. Daniel, O. M. Edwards, and J. Puleston Jones. In January 1875 he entered the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he remained till 1879. In October 1880
ELLIS, THOMAS IORWERTH (1899 - 1970), educationalist and author and the reorganisation of local government. He visited Welsh societies in England regularly and initiated the publication of Yr Angor as a liaison between them and Wales. He edited three volumes of The Letters of T.C. Edwards (1952-53). He wrote a biography of his father, Cofiant T.E. Ellis (vol. i, 1944; ii, 1948), Cofiant J.H. Davies (1963), Cofiant Ellis Jones Griffith (1969); and Ym mêr fy
ELLIS-GRIFFITH, Sir ELLIS (JONES) (1860 - 1926), barrister and M.P.
EMERY, FRANK VIVIAN (1930 - 1987), historical geographer Conquest and the Medieval period', in Balchin, W. G. V. (ed.) Swansea and its Region (University College of Swansea, Swansea): 147-62 1972a 'Wales: a geographical profile', in Jones, R. B. (ed.) Anatomy of Wales (Gweryn Publications Peterston-super-Ely): 1-16 1972b 'England, circa 1600', in Darby, H. C. (ed.) A New Historical Geography of England before 1900 (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge): 248
EVANS family, printers TITUS EVANS (fl. 1760-1800), printer Printing and Publishing Titus Evans was living at Machynlleth some years before he started printing there c. 1789; e.g. his name appears in the imprint to John Prys's Welsh almanack, 1778 (for 1779), as a seller of that publication in Machynlleth. He was an excise officer and, to judge by information given by Ifano Jones (Hist. of Printing and Printers in
EVANS, ALCWYN CARYNI (1828 - 1902), antiquary to date.' In Alcwyn Evans's obituary, the Rev. M. H. Jones, a Carmarthen antiquary, stated that “The elaborate, exhaustive and most beautifully written MS. books which he left behind him are marvels of skill and scholarship … Mr Evans was undoubtedly one of the few authorities to consult on pedigrees, ancient wills, documents and other references to the past history of the county” (Transactions of
EVANS, ANNIE FLORENCE (1884 - 1967), revivalist and missionary Florrie Evans was born on 15 December 1884 in New Quay, Cardiganshire, the second of the four children of David Owen Evans (1853-1918), a mariner, and his wife Margaret (née Jones, 1853-1929), who were living at 5 Marine Terrace in 1881, and at 4 Lewis Terrace ten years later. By 1901, following her father's promotion to captain, the family moved to 12 Marine Terrace which remained their home

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