Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, GEORGE DANIEL (1877 - 1955), master printer Born 1877 in Lampeter, Cardiganshire, the son of Daniel and Margaret (née Rees) Jones, Red Lion Fach, later of Harford Row, Lampeter, Cardiganshire. George was apprenticed to T.L. Davies, Caxton Press, Lampeter and thereafter joined the staff of a well-known firm of printers at Gloucester as an improver. Within a few years, on the advice of J. Gwenogvryn Evans, he joined the Oxford University
EVANS, DANIEL SIMON (1921 - 1998), Welsh scholar
REES, DANIEL (1793 - 1857), cleric and hymnwriter
PHILLIPS, DANIEL (fl. 1680-1722), Independent minister mother-in-law of Rees Harries, who was minister at Pwllheli 1761-88. Daniel Phillips's third daughter, Dorothy, married Richard Thomas, minister at Pwllheli 1751-61, and the fourth was the first wife of Thomas Morgan (above). Phillips died in 1722, and his widow married his successor (1722-48) John Thomas. It will be seen, thus, that the house of Gwynfryn was inhabited by four successive Independent
DAVIES, Sir DANIEL THOMAS (1899 - 1966), physician
EVANS, DANIEL (Eos Dâr; 1846 - 1915), musician
JONES, JOHN DANIEL (1865 - 1942), Congregational minister Born at Ruthin 13 April 1865, son of Joseph David Jones, schoolmaster and musician; his mother was Catherine, daughter of Owen Daniel, Caethle, Tywyn, Meironnydd, farmer. Owen D. Jones, head of an insurance firm, Sir Henry Haydn Jones, M.P. for Merioneth, and the Rev. D. Lincoln Jones were his brothers. Upon the father's death in 1870 the family went to live at Tywyn where he had at one time been
JONES, DAVID WATKIN (Dafydd Morganwg; 1832 - 1905), poet, historian, and geologist Born at Merthyr Tydfil, 14 February 1832, he was the son of John Jones, a Cardiganshire man and cousin of Daniel Evans (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion, 1792 - 1846). He was at work underground before he was 10, and after declining an offer to be educated for orders in the Church of England, he became, through his own perseverance, an underground fireman by 1859, and in the same year achieved his first
DAVIES, REUBEN (Reuben Brydydd y Coed; 1808 - 1833), poet and schoolmaster schoolmaster at Cribin and, during the later years of his life, at Cilmaenllwyd, Carmarthenshire; he translated into Welsh the works of many Greek and Latin authors, particularly those of Ovid. An original manuscript of his works was in the possession of Rees Jenkin Jones of Aberdare, and the Rev. D. Evans of Cribin had a copy. He wrote over fifty hymns, and Daniel Evans (Daniel Ddu, 1792 - 1846) thought
SULIEN (1011 - 1091), teacher and Bishop of St David's again from 1080 to 1085, being succeeded by Wilfrid, the last independent bishop of S. Davids. Sulien died in 1091, aged 80, renowned for his wisdom and scholarly attainments. He personally guided the education of his four sons, Rhygyfarch, ARTHEN, DANIEL, and IEUAN, and the literary importance and influence of what may be called the school of Sulien is well marked. Ieuan, archpresbyter of Llanbadarn
DAVIES, DANIEL (1840 - 1916), cashier to the Ocean Collieries at Ton, Ystrad, Glamorganshire cashier to the Ocean Company. He was universally known as ' Daniel Davies, cashier, Ton,' until his death on 30 September and burial at Treorchy 5 October 1916. He took an active part in the life of Jerusalem C.M. church, Ton, from its foundation; he was elected elder in 1876 and was one of the church's leaders until he lost his hearing about 1895. His generosity, and his fondness of animals and birds
LLOYD, DANIEL LEWIS (1843 - 1899), schoolmaster and bishop

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