Beriah Gwynfe Evans

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Beriah Gwynfe Evans
Evans in 1895
Born(1948-02-12)12 February 1948
Died4 November 1927(1927-11-04) (aged 79)
EducationBeauford British School
Occupation(s)Politician, Congregationalist, Journalist, Dramatist
Political partyLiberal
Plaid Cymru

Beriah Gwynfe Evans (12 February 1848 – 4 November 1927)

Welsh Nationalist
.

Early life

Born at

Nant-y-glo, near Ebbw Vale in Monmouthshire, Evans was educated at the Beaufort British School and became a teacher at Gwynfe and Llangadog, Carmarthenshire
. However, his ambition was to become a journalist.

Teacher and playwright

As a playwright, Evans helped to introduce a sceptical Nonconformity to contemporary drama with a patriotic play,

Journalist

In 1880, Evans established the monthly magazine Cyfail yr Aelwyd, and in 1887 gave up teaching for a career in journalism, joining the staff of the South Wales Daily News in Cardiff. Concurrently he edited the Welsh section of the Cardiff Times and South Wales Weekly News. In 1892, he moved to Caernarfon as Managing Editor of the Welsh National Press Co., publishers of Y Genedl Gymreig, The North Wales Observer and other papers. In 1917 he became editor of the Congregationalist weekly Y Tyst.[3]

Beriah Evans was an ally of

Liberal Imperialist, broke with Lloyd George over the Boer War
.

Works

  • The Life Romance of Lloyd George (1915)[4]
  • Owain Glyndŵr (play) (1880)[5]
  • Dafydd Davis (novel) (1898)
  • Map y rhyfel yng ngwledydd y Beibl yn dangos safle a symudiadau y gwahanol fyddinoedd yn eu perthynas a theiliau hanesyddol y Beibl (map) (1916)[6]

References

  • R. Tudur Jones, Congregationalism in Wales
  • Dictionary of Welsh Biography
  • National Library of Wales, D. A. Thomas Papers
  • National Library of Wales, William George Papers
  • National Library of Wales, Sir John Herbert Lewis Papers