MORRIS
,
SILAS
(
1862
-
1923
),
principal of the Baptist College, Bangor
;
b.
9 Jan. 1862
at
Dafen
,
Llanelly
. The family moved to
Pontardulais
and the son was for some time employed at the
Hendy tin-plate works
. After he had started to
preach
he went to
T.
Richards
's school at
Aberavan
and, in
1880
, was admitted to
Pontypool Academy
. He won a scholarship to the
University College
at
Bangor
, the year it was opened and graduated
B.A. (London)
with honours in
Greek
. In
1886
he was appointed
tutor in classics
at the
Baptist College
,
Llangollen
, and became
principal
of that college (after it had moved to
Bangor
) in
1896
. He had already, in
1888
, obtained the
M.A.
degree of
London University
. He was considered a good scholar in the language and literature of the
New Testament
and was a member of the committee appointed by the
University of Wales
to bring out a new
Welsh
translation of the
New Testament
. He was
editor
of
Seren Gomer
for ten years. He was a thoughtful
preacher
but made no effort to be popular. He wrote voluminously to the various periodicals. He d.
25 July 1923
and was buried in
Sardis
chapel burial-ground,
Llanedy
.
Bibliography:
-
Seren Gomer
,
Nov. 1923,279-80
;
-
Hanes Coleg y Bedyddwyr yng Ngogledd Cymru,
1862–1927
, 1928
, 84-7;
-
Penodau yn Hanes y Bedyddwyr Cymreig
,
1949
, 117-8.
Author:
Rev. Principal Tom Ellis Jones, M.A., B.D., (1900-75), Bangor
