EVANS
,
HENRY TOBIT
(
1844
-
1908
),
schoolmaster, journalist, and author
;
b. at
Fron-felen-ganol
,
Penbryn, Cards.
Educated at the
Bangor Normal College
, he was
headmaster
of
Llechryd British school
for seven years. He became a
journalist
and
politician
, and acted as
local correspondent
to the
London Kelt
. He learned to
print from a press
which he set up at his home (
Neuadd Llanarth, Cards.
), and
ran his own weekly newspaper
—
Y Brython Cymreig
,
1892-1902
. He was
editor
of the
Carmarthen Journal
from
June 1898 at latest, to 1904
. He was
honorary secretary
of the
Cardiganshire Liberal Unionist Association
, and a
visiting magistrate
for
Carmarthen gaol
. He was
referee
for the
orthography of the Ordnance Survey maps
of
Pembrokeshire
,
Carmarthenshire
, and
Cardiganshire
. He wrote
Y Berw Gwyddelig
,
1889
, but
is better known for
Rebecca and her Daughters
,
1910
[which utilized the collections of
Alcwyn C.
Evans
, q.v.]. He was a
Quaker
. He d. at
Trewylan, Cards.
,
9 May 1908
, at the age of 64.
Bibliography:
-
The Welsh Gazette
,
14 May 1908
;
-
Carmarthen Journal
,
15 May 1908
.
Author:
Rev. Thomas Tegryn Davies, ( -1974), Aberporth
