Dictionary of Welsh Biography

EVANS, ELLIS HUMPHREY (Hedd Wyn; 1887 - 1917), poet maternal grandfather had been. He was given the name Hedd Wyn at a concert held on the banks of Llyn y Morynion. He won the first of his six chairs at Bala in 1907, and his awdl on Strata Florida gained him second place at the national eisteddfod at Aberystwyth in 1916. Early in 1917 he enlisted in the 15th battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers. Before doing so he had already begun his awdl ' Yr Arwr,' half
ABRAHAM (d. 1080), bishop of S. Davids Abraham succeeded to the see on the resignation of Sulien in 1078. According to MS. C of Ann. C., he was murdered by the 'gentiles' who ravaged S. Davids in 1080. The inscribed memorial cross of his sons, Hedd and Isaac, was discovered in the cathedral in 1891.
EDWARDS, JOHN KELT (1875 - 1934), artist . Hughes (Elfyn), Ellis H. Evans (Hedd Wyn), and others. After the war of 1914-18 he designed the banner and the badge of the 'Comrades of the Great War' and the roll of honour of the Royal Welch Fusiliers; he had also produced some war cartoons. He was known in his native country as a book-illustrator also. He died 11 October 1934 at Ceinewydd, which is on the road between Maentwrog and Talsarnau, and
JONES, JOHN BOWEN (1829 - 1905), Congregational minister and writer Hedd (1866-1903) and Y Beirniad (1875-9). He published Y Blodeuglwm, 1876, and edited Casgliad o Hen Emynau (1877 and 1883). He contributed much to Welsh periodical journals, was a powerful and original preacher, of a philosophical cast of mind, and was an excellent scholar. He died 10 December 1905. His son, Ivor Bowen, is separately noticed.
JAMES, JOHN LLOYD (Clwydwenfro; 1835 - 1919), Congregational minister and historian ,' appeared in Seren Cymru, 1856-7. He edited Cyfaill y Werin, 1862, and the poetry column in Y Twr (Aberdare) for some time. He wrote much to Y Beirniad, Y Tywysydd, Y Diwygiwr, and Cennad Hedd. He specialized in local and religious history. His two chief published works were Hanes Cymanfaoedd yr Annibynwyr (1867-9, in five parts, unfinished), and Hanes Eglwys Glandwr, 1902. His novel Habakkuk Crabb was
EVANS-WILLIAMS, LAURA (1883 - 1944), singer oratorio singer; she was also a pleasing interpreter of operatic arias and particularly of Welsh songs, including folk-songs. During World War I she toured extensively with Clara Butt. At the 1917 national eisteddfod at Birkenhead she had been invited to sing the Chairing Song, and when it was announced that the winner of the chair (Ellis H. Evans, ' Hedd Wyn ', had been killed in battle, she sang ' I
DAVIES, BEN (1878 - 1958), Independent minister Presbyteraidd Caerfyrddin a'r genhadaeth (1957). He made regular contributions to the periodicals of his denomination: Y Tyst, Y Dysgedydd, Cennad Hedd and Tywysydd y Plant and also to Y Genhinen. Above all else his preaching was based on scripture, and his pleasant personality, his tall appearance and his melodious eloquence made him popular for many years in the churches of his denomination.
NICHOLSON, WILLIAM (1844 - 1885), Independent minister in the church; they left and started another church at Kensington in 1878. Nicholson was an excellent writer and poet. In 1381 he published Cennad Hedd, a monthly circulating principally among the Independents, which he continued to edit until his death. In 1876 he published a book entitled Y Dyferion, comprising extracts from his sermons and a number of englynion, cywyddau, and other poems.
EVANS, WILLIAM JOHN (1866 - 1947), musician father for the Elvet Lewis hymn ' Rho im yr hedd ', remains popular. Many musical compositions were performed by him and his father at Aberdare. He married Mary Elizabeth Milligan sometime during April-June 1895. After the death of his wife he retired from business and went to live with his son, Ifor L. Evans, then principal of the University College of Wales, at Aberystwyth. He died 12 December 1947
DAVIES, GEORGE MAITLAND LLOYD (1880 - 1949), Calvinistic Methodist minister and apostle of peace Reconciliation. On 5 February 1916 at Finchley he married Leslie Eleanor Royde-Smith, sister of the novelist Naomi Royde-Smith; one child, Jane Hedd, was born to them. As a conscientious objector he was imprisoned more than once during the years 1917-19. In 1923 he was elected to Parliament, as a Christian Pacifist candidate, for the University of Wales; and as an unofficial envoy he carried out important work
OWEN, JOHN DYFNALLT (Dyfnallt; 1873 - 1956), minister (Congl.), poet, writer, journalist and Archdruid of Wales 1894. He was a close friend of Ben Bowen and other young poets. His interest in the eisteddfod persisted throughout his ministry in Trawsfynydd (1898-1902) where he was an influence on Ellis Humphrey Evans ('Hedd Wyn'); and Deiniolen (1902-05) where he became acquainted with Thomas Gwynn Jones and William John Gruffydd. He then moved to be minister of Sardis, Pontypridd (1905-10) and while he was
WILLIAMS, JOHN JAMES (1869 - 1954), minister (Congl.) and poet newydd yr Ysgol Sul (1930); he also assisted in preparing the Caniedydd (1960). It was he who edited the memorial volume to Hedd Wyn (Ellis Humphrey Evans), Cerddi'r Bugail (1918), and he was editor of ' Congl y Beirdd ' in Y Tyst, 1924-37, and Y Dysgedydd, 1933-36. He received an honorary M.A. degree from the University of Wales in 1930. He married (1), 1899, Claudia Bevan of Mountain Ash. She died

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