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JONES, OWEN (Meudwy Môn; 1806 - 1889), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and man of letters , although he continued to work for the temperance movement and the Bible Society. In 1866 he was given a testimonial of £50 collected by public subscription. He died 11 October 1889 and was buried in S. Tudno churchyard. He edited four short-lived monthlies - Y Cynniweirydd, 1834, which later became Y Newyddiadur Hanesyddol, 1835; Y Cymedrolwr, 1835; Y Cerbyd Dirwestol, 1837-8; and Y Bugail, 1859. He
JONES, THOMAS TUDNO (Tudno; 1844 - 1895), cleric and poet
ROWLANDS, DAVID (Dewi Môn; 1836 - 1907), Congregational minister and college principal ], translated the 'Alcestis' of Euripides into Welsh, edited Telyn Tudno, 1897, published a selection of Welsh prose, and wrote a Welsh grammar, 1897. Some hymns by him are published in Y Caniedydd Cynulleidfaol.
TUDNO - see JONES, THOMAS TUDNO

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