Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, DAVID GWYNFRYN (1867 - 1954), minister (Meth.) lay agent. After being received into the ministry in 1894 and appointed to Ashton-in-Makerfield, he served in the circuits at Ffynnongroyw (1897), Llangefni (1898), Bangor (1901), and Chester (1902). In 1904 his health broke down and he went to South Africa to seek a cure, becoming the minister of the non-denominational church in Cape Town. On his return he went to the circuits in Llandudno (1905
JONES, ELIZABETH MAY WATKIN (1907 - 1965), teacher and campaigner a non-committal answer was returned, Elizabeth wrote in pencil on the bottom of the paper, 'Hopes dashed. He'll probably put me back on Supplementary Scale'. She continued to fight for recognition, however, showing perseverance and ambition by applying for posts as elevated as headships, for example at the County School, Cwmtirmynach, in 1947; and in February 1956, Gordon Price, former head of
JONES, Sir EVAN DAVIES (1859 - 1949), 1st baronet, of Pentower, Fishguard, civil engineer, Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire collector of Pembrokeshire and non-Pembrokeshire material) and the purchase for the Library of the Compton House (Aberaeron) library and the Llywarch Reynolds (Merthyr Tydfil) collection and by his gift to the Library of his own very extensive collection of book plates of Welsh interest. A bust of him by Sir William Goscombe John (1924) and a portrait in oils (1939), are in the National Library. In 1927
JONES, JAMES IDWAL (1900 - 1982), headteacher and Labour politician schoolteacher in 1922 and was headmaster of Grange Secondary Modern School, Rhosllanerchrugog, from 1938 until 1954. He became a non-professional pastor with the Scotch Baptists in Wales in 1924. Jones joined the ILP as a young man. He contested the Denbigh division as a Labour candidate in the general election of 1951, and then captured Wrexham in a by-election held in March 1955 following the death of
JONES, JAMES IFANO (1865 - 1955), librarian and bibliographer status in the Library had not been sufficiently recognised and that full credit had not been given for his achievements. According to his 'nephew', Dyfnallt, the biggest disappointment of his life was in not being invited to become the first Librarian of the National Library, when John Ballinger was appointed. The industry and versatility of this non-collegiate man, the outstanding Welsh bibliographer
JONES, JOHN (CYNDDYLAN) (1841 - 1930), preacher and theologian Presbyterian church in Frederick St. (C.M.) church, Cardiff on 15 November 1874. His ministry at Frederick Street was at first very successful, but gradually he introduced a form of ritual into the church worship. The innovation (1880) caused dissension, with the result that he resigned the pastorate in 1888. During 1887-1889 he published a series of articles in the Western Mail under the pseudonym of ' Non
JONES, JOHN HENRY (1909 - 1985), educationist and translator greater, for the primary schools, and for preserving the Welsh-speaking nature of most of them, a situation endangered by the 1960s by the combined effects of rural depopulation and the substantial increase in the number of non-Welsh-speakers who settled in the county. (In presenting a bilingual policy for education in the county, he - prophetically - expressed his concern that 'a stronghold like
JONES, THOMAS JOHN RHYS (1916 - 1997), teacher, lecturer and author the war, he remained there only a year before moving to a post as a teacher of Welsh and music at the Garw Grammar School in Pontycymer. In 1946 he married Stella Price (1919-1984), a former domestic science teacher and a non-Welsh speaker - at the time - from Swansea. They had four sons, Rhodri Prys Jones (1948-1991), Berwyn Prys Jones (b. 1951), Meirion Prys Jones (b. 1954) and Rhoslyn Prys (née
JONES, THOMAS WILLIAM (Baron Maelor of Rhos), (1898 - 1984), Labour politician him such an ardent Socialist and the champion of the miners throughout his life. As a result of much persuasion from his former headmaster, he became a pupil-teacher in August 1914, later joining the Non-Combatant Corps as a conscientious objector in 1917. As a result of his refusal to obey an order, he was court-martialled in December of the same year and was then imprisoned until May 1919. He
KITCHIN, ANTHONY (1477 - 1563), bishop of Llandaff knowledge of his diocese seem to have been thorough - he was able to make a detailed return of parishes and clergy, etc., to archbishop Parker in less than three weeks. His returns made in 1561 and 1563 to Parker indicate an improvement taking place in the diocese - an increase in the number of parochial clergy; clerical non-residence was on the decline and pluralist incumbents employed curates. He died
KNIGHT, WILLIAM BRUCE (1785 - 1845), Welsh scholar, ecclesiastic, and administrator first dean of Llandaff after a vacancy of 700 years. As examining chaplain he was responsible for candidates for holy orders; for the training of literates in the seminaries, and the place of their ordination, for in those days of non-resident bishops candidates were often ordained in other dioceses by letters dimissory. He exercised a general supervision over the diocese and by his yearly visitations
KOTSCHNIG, ELINED PRYS (1895 - 1983), psychoanalyst and pacifist Union from the women of Wales to their counterparts in the United States, although her name does not appear in the minutes of the meetings held as preparations intensified during 1923. On 2 February 1924, aged twenty-nine, Elined ('one of the non-official deputation') joined leader Mrs Peter Hughes Griffiths or Annie Jane Hughes Griffiths (1873-1942) on board the RMS Cedric sailing from Liverpool to

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