Dictionary of Welsh Biography

EVANS, EVAN (fl. end of 18th century), player on the triple harp After the death of John Parry (1710? - 1782) he was appointed family harpist at Wynnstay, the residence of the Williams Wynn family. Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) refers to his skill. His name appears as a subscriber to Edward Jones, Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards, as ' Mr. Evan Evans, Telynwr, Wynstay.' It is thought that he died at Wynnstay.
EVANS, EVAN (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd; 1795 - 1855), cleric and poet Darluniadol, 1844-7. Ieuan Glan Geirionydd assisted Rev. John Parry of Chester to edit the monthly Goleuad Gwynedd; in 1830 he sent a letter to the bishops asking for their patronage for a proposed Welsh periodical on the lines of the Saturday Magazine, and in 1833 Y Gwladgarwr appeared. Ieuan edited this for three years but, as he lost money on it, it passed into the ownership of Edward Parry of Chester
EVANS, EVAN (Ieuan Fardd, Ieuan Brydydd Hir; 1731 - 1788), scholar, poet, and cleric It is now usual to refer to him under the former name, as there was a much older Ieuan Brydydd Hir. Born 20 May 1731 at Cynhawdref farm in the parish of Lledrod, Cardiganshire, the son of Jenkin and Catherine Evans. He was taught by Edward Richard at Ystrad Meurig school, but the exact dates of his stay at that school are not known. On 8 December 1750 he was entered at Merton College, Oxford
EVANS, EVAN KERI (1860 - 1941), minister (Congl.) spending a term there he was appointed assistant to Dr. Edward Caird at Glasgow. In 1891 he was appointed to the chair of philosophy at the university college in Bangor. He was appointed examiner for the degree of M.A. at Glasgow in 1894. His health breaking down in 1896, he was in 1897 ordained minister to the Congregational churches of Hawen and Bryngwenith in Ceredigion. In 1890 he moved to the Priory
EVANS, GRUFFYDD (1866 - 1930), cleric and antiquary Newcastle Emlyn, and died there, suddenly, on the afternoon of Sunday, 30 March 1930. He married Mary Roberts (1873-1962) in 1899, and they had six children: John Gruffydd, Heilin Telitor, Edward Meldred, Elined, Merlys and Herber Prestyl. He was keenly interested in folk-lore, and wrote much upon it (and upon other matters) in periodicals. But he will be more worthily remembered for his substantial
EVANS, HARRY (1873 - 1914), musician Born 1 May 1873 in Russell Street, Dowlais, Glamorganshire, the son of John and Sarah Evans. His sister taught him the Tonic Sol-fa system. He was only 9 years old when he was appointed organist at Gwernllwyn Congregational chapel, Dowlais, and the church arranged for him to receive music lessons from Edward Laurence, Merthyr Tydfil. In 1887 he was appointed organist of Bethania Congregational
EVANS, JOHN (1756 - 1846), surgeon : ROBERT WILSON EVANS (1789 - 1866), cleric, Fellow and tutor of Trinity College, Cambridge, a prolific author who became archdeacon of Westmorland; THOMAS EVANS (1791 - 1853), a naval officer who saw active service in the Napoleonic wars; and WILLIAM EDWARD EVANS (1801 - 1869), cleric, who became canon of Hereford. They are all commemorated in Williams, Montgomeryshire worthies, and Robert Wilson Evans
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 (1770 - 1799), traveller and Spanish colonial agent Born at Waunfawr, Caernarfonshire (christened 14 April 1770), son of Thomas Evans, a Methodist exhorter, and Anne, daughter of Evan Dafydd, also a Methodist exhorter. In 1792 he agreed to accompany Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg) on a journey to visit the so-called 'Welsh Indians' who were reputed to be inhabiting the upper reaches of the Missouri. On Iolo's withdrawal from the enterprise, Evans
EVANS, JOHN CASTELL (1844 - 1909), science teacher own account. By 1871 he was at Harrogate. This narrow life thwarted his ambitions, and in the 1870s, although he was a married man with several children, he decided to go to London to pursue the study of science, and entered the Royal College of Chemistry. By 1877 he was a student-demonstrator at the Royal College of Chemistry; in 1878-9 he was engaged in research work under Sir Edward Frankland
EVANS, MAURICE (1765 - 1831), Evangelical cleric Born at Pengelli, Llangwyryfon, Cardiganshire. Educated at Ystrad Meurig under Edward Richard, he was ordained by the bishop of S. Davids, 1787, became curate under Henry Venn at Yelling, Huntingdonshire 1791-6, and afterwards in Eltisley, Cambs., 1796-1810. He was presented to the livings of Tregaron, 20 September 1810, Penbryn, 18 April 1818, Llangeler, 14 February 1820, and Penbryn with Betws
EVANS, PHILIP (1645 - 1679), priest, of the Society of Jesus, and martyr Born in Monmouthshire. His father was William Evans, and his mother, Winifred Morgan, was possibly of Llanfihangel Crucorney. He was educated at S. Omer and entered the Society of Jesus on 8 September 1665, was ordained in 1675 and sent to the Jesuit mission in South Wales. According to the informer, Edward Turberville, he visited Powis castle, but his activities centred on his native county and

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