Emrys ap Iwan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Welsh writer
Date of Birth: 24-Mar-1848
Place of Birth: Abergele, Wales, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 06-Jan-1906
Profession: writer
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Emrys ap Iwan
- Emrys ap Iwan (24 March 1848 – 6 January 1906) was born Robert Ambrose Jones in Abergele, Conwy (then in Denbighshire).
- He was a literary critic and writer on politics and religion.
- He is often seen as one of the most important forerunners of modern Welsh nationalism. Emrys was the son of a gardener who was employed on a nearby estate.
- After working in a shop in Liverpool for a time he trained at Bala Theological College.
- In 1874 he went to Lausanne in Switzerland to teach English in a private school and to study languages, developing a love of the French language and literature which had a great influence on his later writings.
- He later went to Germany to teach English in Bonn and Gießen. On his return to Wales the Calvinistic Methodist church refused to ordain him a minister because of his opposition to the policy of building English-language chapels in mainly Welsh-speaking areas of Wales.
- He was eventually ordained a minister in 1884 and then served as a pastor to several churches in Denbighshire, including Rhewl and Ruthin, for the rest of his life. Emrys ap Iwan was a fervent advocate of the Welsh language and of Welsh nationalism and believed in self-government for Wales within a federal system of government.
- He was a prolific writer of newspaper articles in Welsh, three volumes of which were later published, as were two volumes of his sermons.
- He was a significant influence on the development of 20th century Welsh political nationalism; a new generation became aware of his life and work through T.
- Gwynn Jones's biography, first published in 1912. A Secondary School in Abergele is named Ysgol Emrys Ap Iwan in his honour.
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