Dictionary of Welsh Biography

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
JONES, Sir ROBERT (1857 - 1933), orthopaedic surgeon
JONES, SAMUEL (1681? - 1719), Dissenting Academy tutor ']. The most famous of his pupils were the future bishop Joseph Butler and the future archbishop Thomas Secker; Secker, in a letter (1711) to Isaac Watts, speaks most highly of the academy and of Samuel Jones himself, though he has a later reference to him which says that he tippled overmuch and had become lazy and bad-tempered. The best-known of Jones's Welsh pupils is Vavasor Griffths. Jones was an
JONES, SHÂN EMLYN (1936 - 1997), singer visited Patagonia on several occasions and recorded conversations with Welsh-speaking families and examples of folk-songs: these recordings are preserved at the National Library of Wales. From 1992 until her death she was employed at the Welsh Music Information Centre in Cardiff, also working as a researcher for television. Shân Emlyn married Owen Edwards (1933-2010), broadcaster and elder son of Sir
JONES, Sir THEOPHILUS (d. 1685), governor of Dublin - see JONES, MICHAEL

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