Dictionary of Welsh Biography

EVANS, SAMUEL (Gomerydd; 1793 - 1856), editor Born at Llwyn-y-piod, near St Clears. In 1807 he was apprenticed to the printer John Evans, of Carmarthen. On the death of Joseph Harris (Gomer) in 1825 the office of Seren Gomer was removed to Carmarthen and in 1827 Samuel Evans was appointed associate-editor with D. D. Evans, becoming sole editor in 1835. He remained in this post till 1850, when he was acknowledged to be one of the foremost
EVANS, TOM VALENTINE (1861 - 1935), Baptist minister (Swansea Valley), where he remained until his resignation in 1927. He married Jennet Griffiths of Bridgend, 1886. He lectured frequently on such subjects as Robert Ellis (Cynddelw), ' The Hymn Book,' Joseph Harris (Gomer), and 'The Folklore of Carmarthenshire.' He published Clydach a'r Cylch (a prize-winning essay) in 1901, Y Ford, a book of sermons 'for children of all ages,' in 1911, and Ieuan Ddu o
FRANCIS, JOHN (1789 - 1843), miller and musician Born 20 March 1789, son of William and Margaret Francis, Melin Rhyd-hir, Pwllheli. He learnt the rudiments of music (including harmony) and began to compose when still quite young. In Seren Gomer for November 1821 there appeared two hymn-tunes by him called ' Mwyneidd-dra ' and ' Gomer ' and in the same journal for March 1823 a hymn-tune called ' Pwllheli ' (but originally called ' Morwydden
FRIMSTON, THOMAS (Tudur Clwyd; 1854 - 1930), Baptist minister, historian and antiquary to Baptist periodicals, especially on Flintshire Baptists in Y Greal, 1907-10, 1917, and on Anglesey Baptists in Seren Gomer, 1925-6. Other works by him were published, e.g. Y Cyssonydd Ysgrythyrol, 1885; Crefydd ym Mhlwyf Rhiwabon, 1890; Ofergoelion yr Hen Gymry (n.d.); and Holwyddoreg Ysgrythyrol (n.d.); and he was a contributor to Y Gwyddoniadur Cymreig. He also won two prizes for essays
GOMER - see HARRIS, JOSEPH
GRIFFITHS, JOHN GWYNEDD (1911 - 2004), scholar, poet and Welsh nationalist Red Dragon'). He also stood as a candidate for Plaid Cymru in local and parliamentary elections in Swansea and district. He supported every Welsh-language activity in Swansea, and, although hampered by deafness in his last years, rarely was he absent from any event which promoted the language in the area. For years he was a deacon in Capel Gomer, Swansea's Welsh-language Baptist church, and a local
GRIFFITHS, THOMAS (JEREMY) (Tau Gimel; 1797? - 1871), Unitarian minister and schoolmaster was buried in Alltyblaca cemetery. He published a memoir of David Davis of Castellhywel, 1828; Casgliad o Hymnau, a collection of hymns, twenty-nine of which had been written by himself, 1830; a periodical (one number), Yr Hanesydd, 1839; and a number of elegies and poems under the pseudonym Tau Gimel. He was a frequent contributor to Seren Gomer, Lleuad yr Oes, and the Carmarthen Journal.
HARRIS, JOHN RYLAND (Ieuan Ddu; 1802 - 1823), printer and author Born 12 December 1802 at Swansea, son of Joseph Harris (1773 - 1825), Gomer. He was taught the art of printing by D. Jenkin and, when the latter failed, Gomer secured his business for his son. From 1816 on it was Ieuan who did all the composing while his father corrected the proofs after school hours. He was given private coaching in the classics from about 1822 and also attended the Hamsworth
HARRIS, JOSEPH (Gomer; 1773 - 1825), Baptist minister, and man of letters . He kept alive the tradition of the revivalist preachers and worked zealously for the Welsh language and for congregational singing. In 1821 he published Casgliad o Hymnau, which included many of his own hymns; it was sold in his own bookshop. He also kept a day-school. He may be regarded as the father of the Welsh newspaper, for his Seren Gomer, 1814-15, was the first all-Welsh weekly. Although
HILEY, FRANCIS (1781 - 1860), Baptist minister 1860. He incorporated eight churches. He was a mighty preacher and Christmas Evans said, on one occasion, that he would never preach after him. In the doctrinal discussions of the day he favoured the Higher Calvinism - a result of his sudden conversion - and in 1823 he published a booklet Golwg Ysgrythurol ar Iawn Crist, because the treatise in its original form had been rejected by Seren Gomer.
HOWELL, JENKIN (1836 - 1902), printer, writer, musician and Dan Isaac Davies. He gave up shoe-making, and from 1854 till 1861 worked with his brother-in-law as a sawyer. But on the advice of his pastor Thomas Price (1820 - 1888) he became a printer, opening works of his own in 1867. His frequent contributions to the press won him repute in all parts of Wales - much poetry of his appeared in Yr Ymofynydd, Seren Gomer, and Y Geninen. He himself printed
HUGHES, HUGH (1790 - 1863), artist and author Seren Gomer, 1828, a scathing attack upon the Calvinistic Methodist authorities and particularly upon John Elias - the articles were re-issued in pamphlet form, Y Trefnyddion a'r Pabyddion. Later (in Seren Gomer, 1830-2), under the pen-name 'Cristion,' he battled with Evan Evans, Ieuan Glan Geirionydd (1795 - 1856) on tithe, churchrate, and Church establishment in general. He continued for a while to

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