EDWARDS
,
JONATHAN
(
1629
-
1712
),
cleric and controversialist
;
b. at
Wrexham
. He entered
Christ Church
,
Oxford
, in
1655
, graduated in
1659
, and became
Fellow
of
Jesus College
in
1662
[and
vice-principal
in
1668
]. Livings and appointments held by him included:
rector
of
Kiddington
,
rector
of
Hinton Ampner
,
rector
of
Llandysul, Cards.
, and
vicar
of
Clynnog-fawr, Caern.
; [in
1686
he was elected
principal
of
Jesus
, and was
vice-chancellor of the university
1689-91
];
treasurer
of
Llandaff cathedral
. He had spirited controversies with the
Socinians
and with the
Antinomians
. He published
A Preservative against Socinianism
in four parts,
1693-1703
, and
A Vindication of the Doctrine of Original Sin from the exceptions of Dr. Daniel Whitby
(
Oxford
,
1711
). He d.
20 July 1712
, at the age of 83, bequeathed his library to
Jesus College
, and left money towards the repair of the college chapel where he was buried.
Bibliography:
-
Oxford Dictionary of National
Biography
;
-
Enwogion Cymru. A Biographical Dictionary of
Eminent Welshmen
, 1852
;
-
National Library of Wales Manuscript
9256;
-
[
Hardy
,
Jesus College
, 1899
, 149-50].
Author:
Elwyn Evans, M.A., Aberystwyth
