EVANS
,
DAVID TUDOR
(
1822
-
1896
),
journalist
;
b.
3 Feb. 1822
at
Cilgynydd
,
Llanboidy, Carms.
, son of
John
Evans
,
minister
of
Pen-y-groes (Pembs.)
and
Hebron (Carms.)
Independent churches
. Early in life he became a successful
draper
at
Narberth
, and
devoted much time to educational work
, gaining the commendation of
R. R. W.
Lingen
(see the
1847
Report of Commissioners on Education in Wales
) for his services as
secretary
of
Narberth district Sunday school union
.
Evans
gave up his shop to establish at
Haverfordwest
(
1847
) a
Liberal
weekly newspaper,
The Principality
, which he transferred to
Cardiff
(
1848
) with
Evan
Jones
(
Ieuan Gwynedd
,
1820
-
1852
, q.v.)
as
editor
. The same year differences on educational policy led to the
editor
's resignation, and two years later the paper ceased publication, the venture leaving
Evans
the poorer by £5,000. He next founded the monthly,
Y Wawr
, which collapsed with the fifteenth issue. Thereafter
Evans
wrote much for the
Western Mail
and became a
Conservative
. He was
secretary
of the
1883
national eisteddfod held in
Cardiff
. Before his death on
2 Oct. 1896
he received £100 from the
Treasury
in recognition of his literary services.
Bibliography:
-
The Weekly Mail
,
10 Oct. 1896
;
-
Cofiant, a gweithiau barddonol a rhyddieithol
Ieuan Gwynedd ynghydag adolygiad ar ei gymeriad a'i
lafur
, ‘’ , 1880
;
-
Simon Evans
,
Cofiant y diweddar Barch. John Evans,
Hebron, Swydd Benfro, a'i briod Martha
, 1850
.
Author:
Owen Picton Davies, (1882-1970), Cardiff / Bangor
