Dictionary of Welsh Biography

EVANS, BERIAH GWYNFE (1848 - 1927), journalist and dramatist , also undertaking general journalistic work. He was for some years a correspondent of the Liverpool Mercury, and he contributed to many other papers. In 1917 he was appointed editor of the Welsh Congregational weekly, Y Tyst. Both as journalist and as a member of the 'gorsedd' he was a prominent figure at the national eisteddfod, and after the death of Eifionydd (John Thomas, 1848 - 1922) in 1922 he
EVANS, CHRISTMAS (1766 - 1838), Baptist minister Maesyberllan Association, 1798, he was persuaded by the North Wales representatives to return with them to conduct an evangelical tour among the Baptists of Llŷn, Caernarfonshire. He was ordained in the summer of 1789; married Catherine Jones at Bryncroes chapel in Llŷn, 23 October 1789; walked, rode, and preached in his wide district with remarkable effect. One Sunday afternoon, sitting at the feet of
EVANS, DANIEL (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion; 1792 - 1846), cleric and poet Marwnad Eliezer Williams, 1820; Englynion er cofiant Ifor Hael, Arglwydd Maesaleg, 1822; Golwg ar Gyflwr yr Iddewon, Cerdd, 1826; Ar ddylanwadau yr Yspryd Glan: ymadrodd ar y pwnc … wedi ei gyfieithu a'i dalfyrru gan … Daniel Evans, 1826; Palesteina: neu, Hanes yr Iddewon a Gwlad Canaan, 1841; Galar-Cerdd ar farwolaeth William Bruce Knight, Deon Llandaf, 1845; ' Cerdd Arwraidd ar y Gauaf,' which won for
EVANS, DANIEL (1774 - 1835), Congregational minister , E. Griffiths, 1830), Cawell y Bara Croyw (Swansea, E. Griffiths, 1833), Ychydig Ddaioni o Nazareth (Caerfyrddin, D. Harris, 1834), and Y cysgod a'r Sylwedd, 1851. A biography of Daniel Evans was published by Hugh Jones, Tredegar, 1835.
EVANS, DANIEL SILVAN (1818 - 1903), cleric, translator, editor, and lexicographer Born at Fron Wilym Uchaf, LlanarthLlanarth, Cardiganshire, 11 January 1818, son of Silvanus and Sarah Evans. From 1838 to 1840 he was at Thomas Phillips's school at Neuadd-lwyd, where he began to preach among the Independents. In December 1840 he went to Brecon Independent College, but his stay there was short. Thereafter for five years he kept school. In 1843 he published a collection of poems
EVANS, DANIEL SIMON (1921 - 1998), Welsh scholar places in the denominational scriptural examinations, a lay preacher and poet, 'thirsting after knowledge' according to his admiring son. Simon Evans was educated at Llanfynydd primary school, where the headmaster, E. J. Thomas, was a valuable and influential pillar of support to him, as he later acknowledged. He went to Llandeilo grammar school and in 1939 he entered University College Swansea, the
EVANS, DAVID (Dewi Haran; 1812 - 1885), auctioneer, valuer, land agent, and poet and poetry. He contributed much to the periodical press and wrote several prize essays for the national and other eisteddfodau, receiving also numerous prizes for englynion, pryddestau, etc. He published some poems under the title of Telyn Haran in 1878 (Pontypridd, B. Davies); the volume, which was dedicated to lord Tredegar, was edited by William Thomas (Glanffrwd, 1843 - 1890), and contains some
EVANS, DAVID (1705 - 1788), cleric, author, and musician scholar, and he assisted Charles Burney with material for his History of Music; he also helped Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) with folk songs and airs for Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards, 1784. Among his papers was found a letter from a friend asking him to supply Samuel Johnson with a list of English words deriving from Welsh for inclusion in the dictionary which the lexicographer was
EVANS, DAVID (1778 - 1866), Baptist minister - and indeed, his oddities. These are recorded in the book about him by Benjamin Thomas (Myfyr Emlyn, 1836 - 1893), first published in 1870 but reprinted time after time and sold by the thousand.
EVANS, DAVID (1874 - 1948), musician compositions appeared under the pseudonym 'Edward Arthur'. He married, 1899, Mary Thomas, Plas-y-coed, Morriston, and they had two sons. He died 17 May 1948.
EVANS, DAVID (1842 - 1914), Congregational minister the years 1860-3. He ministered at Rhosymedre, 1863-9, Barmouth and Cutiau 1870-2, Cymer (Rhondda) 1872-6, Pentre (Rhondda) 1876-82, and Lammas Street (Carmarthen) 1882-1907. For some years he edited Y Dyddiadur Annibynnol. He published Cofiant y Gŵr Hynod, Cymeriadau Hynod, and Cymeriadau a Chymanfaoedd. He died 22 March 1914. His brothers Owen and Thomas Evans (1844 - 1922) are separately noticed.
EVANS, DAVID (1879 - 1965), public servant and hymn-writer Born at Blaenpennal, Cardiganshire, on 26 September 1879, one of the ten children of David Evans and his wife Jane (née Jones). His father, a farmer at Caerochor farm, was active in the local community, serving as a member of the Blaenpennal and Lower Lledrod School Board and as an elder at Peniel CM chapel. David was educated at Tanygarreg board school, where he became a reportedly strict pupil

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