Dictionary of Welsh Biography

EVANS, Sir DAVID TREHARNE (1849 - 1907), lord mayor of London, head of the firm of Richard Evans and Co., trimming manufacturers Born 21 April 1849 at Llantrisant, Glamorganshire, son of Thomas and Anne Evans, Glan-y-mychyd, he belonged to a family who for generations resided in Glamorgan, carrying on business as brewers and maltsters. Educated at Merton (Surrey) and in France, he entered the business of his uncle, Sir Richard Evans, and at 21 was elected a partner, later becoming head of the firm. In 1875 he became a
EVANS, DAVID TUDOR (1822 - 1896), journalist Born 3 February 1822 at Cilgynydd, Llanboidy, Carmarthenshire, son of John Evans, minister of Pen-y-groes, (Pembrokeshire) and Hebron, (Carmarthenshire) Independent churches. Early in life he became a successful draper at Narberth, and devoted much time to educational work, gaining the commendation of R. R. W. Lingen (see the 1847 Report of Commissioners on Education in Wales) for his services as
EVANS, ELLEN (1891 - 1953), principal of the Glamorgan Training College, Barry Born 10 March 1891 at 17 Dorothy St., Gelli, Rhondda, Glamorganshire, the daughter of John and Ellen Evans, both of whom came to the Rhondda from their native Cardiganshire in 1871. Educated at Rhondda secondary school and at the Rhondda pupil-teachers centre, she entered the University College at Aberystwyth in 1911 and gained a degree in Welsh in 1914. Appointed a lecturer at the Glamorgan
EVANS, ELLIS (1786 - 1864), Baptist minister and author were published. His materials were later catalogued by James Spinther James, who also collected his letters, which are now in the Spinther MSS. in the National Library of Wales. His essays on the Apostolic Fathers are at the Baptist College, Bangor. He died 28 March 1864. His nephew Edward Ellis is separately noticed; [another brother, JOHN EVANS (1791 - 1855), known as ' Siôn Pen-rhiw,' was an
EVANS, EMYR ESTYN (1905 - 1989), geographer him into contact with the archaeologist O. G. S. Crawford, future editor of Antiquity, and he returned to Aberystwyth to assist Fleure with contributions for the 14th edition of Encylopaedia Britannica, briefly also becoming his deputy editor of the Powys-land Club's Montgomeryshire Collections (Mont. Colls.). On his 23rd birthday, and benefiting from some insights given by Dr. Thomas Jones CH
EVANS, ERNEST (1885 - 1965), county court judge, M.P. of N.L.W. and a vice-president of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. Evans specialised in agricultural law and he wrote, with Clement Edward Davies, An epitome of agricultural law (1911) and, on his own, Elements of the law relating to vendors and purchasers (1915) and Agricultural and Small Holdings Act. He married, in 1925, Constance Anne, daughter of Thomas Lloyd, draper, of Hadley Wood; at
EVANS, EVAN (fl. end of 18th century), player on the triple harp After the death of John Parry (1710? - 1782) he was appointed family harpist at Wynnstay, the residence of the Williams Wynn family. Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) refers to his skill. His name appears as a subscriber to Edward Jones, Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards, as ' Mr. Evan Evans, Telynwr, Wynstay.' It is thought that he died at Wynnstay.
EVANS, EVAN (1671 - 1721), cleric and missioner in Pennsylvania 1721. An account of his work (including also accounts of his Welsh fellow-workers), based upon S.P.G. records, will be found in two articles by J. A. Thomas in the Journal of the Church in Wales Historical Society, 1954 and 1955. David Williams (Wales and America, Cardiff, 1946, 80-1) points out that Evan Evans's grandson, Oliver Evans, an inventor, was the first to build a steam-engine in the U.S.A.
EVANS, EVAN (1851 - 1934), eisteddfodwr, and secretary of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion 1922, in the honorary Ll.D. bestowed on him by the University of Wales in 1922, and in the award to him in the same year of the Cymmrodorion medal. He was knighted in 1909 and in 1922 was made a Companion of Honour. He was a man of massive and dignified bearing, with a leonine head and a genial smile. His wife, Annie Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Beale, Oxford, died in 1898, and he was survived by a
EVANS, EVAN (1773 - 1827), Baptist minister Born 3 June 1773 at Bryn-y-gwdyn, Llanarmon, Caernarfonshire, was baptized by John Williams (1768 - 1825) in April 1795, and removed to Rhos-llannerch-rugog c. 1797. He tended at first towards Sandemanianism, but soon decided to plough his own furrow, attaching himself to neither of the two factions which at the time divided North Wales Baptists. In 1802, while working near Llanfyllin, he founded
EVANS, EVAN (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd; 1795 - 1855), cleric and poet bro estronawl'; there, too, he met a number of gentlemen and some clerics like Richard Richards (see Thomas Richards, 1754-1837) and John Jenkins (Ifor Ceri, 1770-1829), who persuaded him to seek holy orders. He studied at Aberriw ('Berriw,' Montgomeryshire) under Thomas Richards (1785-1855) for a time and then went to S. Bees College. He was ordained by the bishop of Chester and was licensed to
EVANS, EVAN (Ieuan Fardd, Ieuan Brydydd Hir; 1731 - 1788), scholar, poet, and cleric Llanfair Talhaearn for the remainder of the time. During this period he was busily engaged in collecting and copying Welsh manuscripts of literary and historical interest and so came into touch with others who were doing the same thing, e.g. David Jones of Trefriw (1708? - 1785), John Thomas (1736 - 1769), Rhys Jones of Blaenau, Richard Roberts, translator of Y Credadyn Bucheddol, 1768, Robert Thomas

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