Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JENKINS, ROBERT THOMAS (1881 - 1969), historian, man of letters, editor of Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig and the Dictionary of Welsh Biography , and to her husband, William Dafis, a coalmerchant. Profoundly influenced by the town of Bala, its craftsmen and his recollections of notable inhabitants, its sturdy Welsh culture, the old grammar school and the denominational colleges, it was thus natural for him often to rejoice that he had been baptized by Thomas Charles Edwards. He was firmly grounded in Latin by John Cadwalader Evans, headmaster
JENKINS, THOMAS JOHN PRICE (1864 - 1922), physician; Wales and London-Welsh Rugby centre three-quarter, and founder of the London-Welsh Football Club
JENKINS, Sir WILLIAM ALBERT (1878 - 1968), shipbroker and politician 1938 and his close association with the Order of St. John was recognised by his appointment to the presidency of the Swansea Order of St. John Council, F.I.C.S., and his appointment as Knight of St. John. He was made Knight Class 1 Order of Dannebrog (Denmark) in 1933; Gold Cross Royal Order George I (Greece) in 1938. France awarded him the Order of Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1949. He died
JEREMY, JOHN (DAVID) (1782 - 1860), preacher and schoolmaster
JEREMY, WALTER DAVID (1825 - 1893), barrister-at-law Born at Cwmbedw, Pencarreg, Carmarthenshire, 5 May 1825, eldest son of John Jeremy. He attended the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen (1841-5), and the University of Glasgow (1845-8), where he graduated M.A. (1848) with honours in classics and philosophy. After spending some time as a private tutor he became minister of the Unitarian chapel at Northampton (1851-2). He then came to the conclusion
JOAN (d. 1237), princess natural daughter of king John by an unknown mother. She was betrothed to Llywelyn ap Iorwerth in 1204, and married to him in 1205. Her role as ambassadress and intermediary between her husband and the Crown in the period 1211-32 was an important one. In spite of the tragic liaison with William de Breos (see Braose family), which resulted in a short term of imprisonment for Joan, Llywelyn's
JOAN (d. 1237), princess and diplomat Joan is the only known illegitimate daughter of King John of England (c. 1167-1216) by an unknown mother who is identified in the Tewkesbury annals as 'queen Clemencia'. Though many claims as to who Joan's mother was remain unsubstantiated, the closest contender continues to be Clemence de Verdun (fl. 1228-1230). Originally hailing from Normandy, the de Verduns had close associations with the
JOB, JOHN THOMAS (1867 - 1938), Calvinistic Methodist minister, hymn writer, and poet Born 21 May 1867 at Sunny Hill, Llandebïe, Carmarthenshire, the youngest of the five children of John and Mary Job - he was also a nephew of Thomas Job, Conwil. He was educated at Llandebïe National School, Watcyn Wyn's school at Gwynfryn (Ammanford), and Trevecka College, and held pastorates at Nazareth, Aberdare, 1893-8, Carneddi, Bethesda, Caernarfonshire, 1898-1917, Pentour, Fishguard, 1917
JOHANNES WALLENSIS (fl. c. 1260-1283), Franciscan friar and writer intermediary between Edward I and prince Llywelyn. Apart from a reference to his being chosen as one of five doctors at Paris to examine the doctrine of Peter John Olivi (Pietro di Giovanni Olivi) in 1283, nothing further is known of his life. After his death and burial in Paris he was honoured with the title of ' Arbor Vitae ' - ' Tree of Life.' John was a voluminous writer, but many of the works attributed
JOHN ap JOHN (1625? - 1697), the apostle of the Quakers in Wales Quaker. Fox succeeded in converting both of them, one temporarily and the other, John ap John, permanently. He returned to Morgan Llwyd with a report and turned his back on his first teacher. From this time on he was George Fox's disciple and the apostle of the Quakers in Wales. He established his first 'church' at Pen-y-cefn, and immediately began to evangelise in Wrexham, journeying thence along the
John David - see JONES, DAVID JOHN
JOHN OF WALES - see IOHANNES WALLENSIS

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