Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JOHN, GRIFFITH (1831 - 1912), missionary Born 14 December 1831 at Swansea. A member of Ebenezer Congregational church, Swansea, 1840, he was educated at the Memorial College, Brecon, and at Bedford. He offered himself to the Madagascar field, but was directed to China. He married Jane, daughter of David Griffiths, Madagascar (1792 - 1863). Ordained at Ebenezer, Swansea, 5 April 1855, he arrived at Shanghai in September. In 1857 he
JOHN, MARY HANNAH (1874 - 1962), singer and revivalist revivalists travelling from Wales to London. There was yet another visit to North Wales in June 1905, when she was involved in one of the biggest open air meetings of the Revival when 6,000 gathered to hear Evan Roberts preach from a wooden platform set up in a field near Rhosneigr. May John was still involved in the Revival as late as November 1905. After the Revival had died down, May John resumed her
JOHN, THOMAS GEORGE (1880 - 1946), engineer and businessman approached John was encouraged by Churchill to make new developments including an engine called Leonides for aircraft, later adapted for use in helicopters. He also began a new line of production in armoured vehicles which later made Alvis a leader in that field. The strains of war production, including a damaging bombing raid on the Coventry factory, took their toll on his health and from 1944 John was
JOHN, WALTER PHILLIPS (1910 - 1967), minister (B) Born 31 January 1910 at Gilfach, Bargoed, Glamorganshire, the second of five children of the Rev. Daniel Robert John (d. 1948) and his wife, Susannah Mary (née Rees), both from Penygroes near Ammanford. The father was minister at Bargoed, Porth (Rhondda), Abercynon and the historic church at Rhydwilym. Walter P. John was educated at Mountain Ash Grammar School and the Baptist College and
JOHNS, DAVID (1796 - 1843), one of the London Missionary Society missionaries in Madagascar Son of John Jones of Llain, Llanina, Cardiganshire. He was a member of the Independent church at Penrhiwgaled. After being trained at Neuadd-lwyd Academy, Newtown Academy, and at Gosport, he was ordained to the mission field, 16 February 1826. He married Mary, daughter of William Thomas (1749 - 1809), Independent minister at Bala. He took out to Madagascar a printing press and spinning-jenny and
JONES, ALAN TREVOR (1901 - 1979), health service administrator and Provost, Welsh National School of Medicine he later observed, 'an unnecessary exhibition of patriotism to those of us who were content with the easier and less arduous London Degree' - he proceeded to University College Hospital, London, obtaining the MB BS Lond. in 1924. After being a houseman to the distinguished Welsh physician, Sir Thomas Lewis, Trevor Jones held a series of hospital appointments in London and the provinces which
JONES, ALFRED ERNEST (1879 - 1958), psychoanalyst and Sigmund Freud's official biographer its formation, but to his great regret, he never learned to speak Welsh fluently. He is remembered as the person who did most to popularize Freud's work through the medium of the English language, and he published more than three hundred papers and a dozen books, but his pioneer work in psychoanalysis was not recognised outside his own field, and he had to wait almost until the time of his death
JONES, ALWYN RICE (1934 - 2007), Archbishop of Wales , he told his clergy that he considered too much had been made of her status, and he was content for individual clergy to decide whether prayers should be said in churches to mark the anniversary of her passing. In 1997, he called for an end to the law requiring schools to include prayer and worship in daily assemblies. He felt assemblies were not effective and that children did not necessarily
JONES, ANEURIN (Aneurin Fardd; 1822 - 1904), man of letters . He soon became a recognized authority on the Welsh classical metres and was preceptor and friend of Islwyn. He organized eisteddfodau at Gelli-groes, in one of which (1850) Ioan Tegid awarded the prize to Robert Ellis (Cynddelw) for an essay on Tafol y Beirdd; Aneurin, however, made it a condition of its publication in book form (1852) that he should be allowed to write the introduction. He
JONES, ARTHUR (1776 - 1860), Independent minister against him that in his capacity as minister he had assumed dictatorial powers, and that he was a law to himself in the matter of admitting new church-members and aspirants to the pulpit. He insisted on allowing a doubtful character like Robert Parry (Robin Ddu Eryri) to preach, which caused the conference of Caernarvonshire churches held at Conway in 1838 (under the presidency of Caledfryn) to
JONES, AUDREY EVELYN (1929 - 2014), teacher and campaigner for women's rights , going on to graduate from Southampton University College (1950) and complete a PGCE at Manchester University. In 1951 she married Hugh Gabriel Jones (1923-2011); their only son was Robert (born 1951). The family moved to Hugh's native Wales when he took over transport logistics for international chemical company Dow Corning. Audrey first made her mark as an inspirational teacher. Settled in the Vale
JONES, CADWALADR (1783 - 1867), Independent minister and first editor of Y Dysgedydd Jones, Tal-y-sarn, 470). It appears that John Elias had made an attack on the Independents because of their doctrines, and this was probably the reason why a number of prominent Independent ministers founded Y Dysgedydd and appointed Cadwaladr Jones as its editor. The periodical became a focal point in the field of theological discussion, and Jones proved a wise and able editor; for all that, he had a

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