Evan David Jones

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FSA (6 December 1903 – 7 March 1987) was the

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of the

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from 1958 to 1969. Jones was appointed Librarian of the National Library of Wales, the national

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, in 1958. A

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, Jones wrote articles on Evan Lewis, and David Jones among others for the

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. Jones also wrote ''Victorian and Edwardian Wales from Old Photographs''. He was the editor when the entire works of Welsh

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Lewis Glyn Cothi were published in 1953, through the cooperation of the

and the

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Board.Lewis Glyn Cothi
on Britannica.com He was survived by his wife Eleanor Jones.

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1903 births 1987 deaths Welsh scholars and academics Welsh editors Welsh librarians Fellows_of_the_Society_of_Antiquaries_of_London Commanders_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire {{library-bio-stub