Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, OWEN (1833 - 1899), Calvinistic Methodist minister and man of letters Born 12 October 1833 at Weirglodd-ddu, Llanuwchllyn; his father, Thomas Jones, was an ex- Independent who had quitted the 'Old Chapel' during the 'New System' controversy (see Jones, Michael); his mother was sister to Sir Owen M. Edwards's father. The family removed to Fron-gain (Llidiardau, Meironnydd), where Owen Jones began preaching. He had already, as a boy, spent a few months at Bala C.M
JONES, OWEN GLYNNE (1867 - 1899), mountaineer and schoolteacher physics at U.C.W., Aberystwyth in 1891 and according to Sir Owen Saunders, F.R.S., his sister's son and professor of mechanical engineering at Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, 1946-67, Jones's research work was of great promise and significance. In May 1888, knowing no more about organised climbing than he had absorbed from books on the Alps, Jones ascended the east ridge of the
JONES, (WILLIAM JOHN) PARRY (1891 - 1963), singer joined the Blaina Choral Society and came to the notice of Norman McLeod, a teacher of voice production. He decided to follow a career as a professional tenor, and with the help of Lord Rhondda (David Alfred Thomas and others, he went to the Royal College of Music in London to study with Albert Visetti, Thomas Frederick Dunhill and Sir Charles Villiers Stanford. He later studied singing in Italy (with
JONES, PETER (KAHKEWAQUONABY, DESAGONDENSTA) (1802 - 1856), Methodist minister, political leader and author , Pahtahquahong Henry Chase, Allen Salt, Jones's maternal uncle Nawahjegezhegwabe Joseph Sawyer, and the well-known performer and lay worker Maungwudaus George Henry. Along with these men, Jones made Methodism more prevalent among Anishinaabe in Southern Ontario than either Anglicanism or Catholicism while connecting reserves to each other, despite their increasing isolation in a sea of settler communities, and
JONES, REES JENKIN (1835 - 1924), Unitarian minister, schoolmaster, historian, and hymn-writer Jones were members of his classes. In 1879 he resumed his old duties in the pulpit of the Old Meeting House and at Trecynon seminary, popularly known as ' Jones's School '. There he had among his students Sir T. Marchant Williams, G. Pennar Griffiths, and T. Botting. He retired from the ministry in 1909. He married Anne Griffiths (died 7 March 1899), Aberdare, and they had five children. He edited Yr
JONES (JOHNES), RICHARD (fl. 1564 to c. 1602), printer and bookseller , ballads, and such things, although he printed some more substantial works. He received licences from the Company of Stationers to print a Catechism in Welsh, 1566-7, a ' Sonett or a synners solace made by Hughe Gryffythe prysoner,' in Welsh and English, 1587, ' Epytaphe on the Death of Sir Yevan Lloyd of Yale knighte ' (by the same Hugh Gryffythe), 1587-8, ' Sermon preached by master Doctor Morgan at
JONES, ROBERT (1891 - 1962), aerodynamicist founders of the science of aerodynamics. He also studied Welsh philology under Sir J. Morris-Jones. An outstanding student, he won several prizes including the R.A. Jones prize in mathematics (1910). In 1911 he graduated with a 2nd-class honours degree in Pure Mathematics, following this with a 1st-class honours degree in Applied Mathematics in 1912. The award of a substantial scholarship (Isaac Roberts
JONES, ROBERT ALBERT (1851 - 1892), barrister and educationist fund, and the interest is still used for a higher mathematics prize at the University of Wales, Bangor. He married, 26 February 1890, Harriet Agnes Thompson, daughter of Joseph Thompson, 'gentleman', of Willow Hall, Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire. She died 4 November 1902, aged 47, and was buried at Toxteth cemetery.
JONES, ROBERT AMBROSE (1848 - 1906), Calvinistic Methodist minister, man of letters, and publicist his translation of Renan's Job. As a literary critic, his chief work was to trace the main stream of Welsh classical prose tradition, and he strove to restore simplicity and purity in prose, in accordance with the standards which he found exemplified in the Welsh prose classics - a task similar to that of Sir John Morris-Jones in the field of Welsh verse. Emrys ap Iwan was strongly influenced by
JONES, Sir ROBERT ARMSTRONG- - see ARMSTRONG-JONES, Sir ROBERT
JONES, ROBERT EVAN (1869 - 1956), collector of books and manuscripts adults, and his far-reaching influence in the society reflected his cultural interests and organisational talent. For a time he was active in the Liberal party in Meirionethshire, and the local M.P., Sir Henry Haydn Jones, was a close friend. Another friend, during a stint on the staff of Yr Herald Cymraeg, was T. Gwynn Jones, and they corresponded regularly. In 1921 he was very active, with others, in
JONES, ROBERT TUDUR (1921 - 1998), theologian, church historian and public figure deeply influenced the parents' devotion and piety. Robert Tudur had an excellent education at Rhyl Secondary School under teachers such as Lewis Angell in Welsh, T. I. Ellis (the Headmaster) in classics and A. M. Houghton in history. Houghton was an Evangelical Calvinist (and father of physicist Sir John Houghton FRS) who combined respect for academic discipline with steadfast religious dedication

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