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- [1900]-[1949] (Creation)
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3 cyfrol (4.5cm)
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Sir Evan Vincent Evans (1851-1934) was born in Nancaw, Llangelynnin, Merionethshire. In 1872 he left Wales for London, where he successfully pursued a career and eventually became manager of the Chancery Lane Land and Safe Deposit Company. He was a prominent member of Welsh cultural organisations and was secretary of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion and the National Eisteddfod Society, Chairman of the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, and a member of the Royal Commission on the Public Records, as well as being on numerous educational councils; he wrote numerous articles for Welsh newspapers and was involved with several organisations formed for the benefit of Welsh soldiers during the 1914-1918 War.
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Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys toriadau papur newydd am Ben Bowen; llythyrau at David Bowen yn cynnwys un gan Vincent Evans, 1905; llyfryn 'Gŵyl Llyfrau Cymru 1934' ynghyd â llythyrau yn ymwneud â'r ŵyl a rhaglen cwrdd dadorchuddio cofeb Ben Bowen.
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Preferred citation: DPA1/1
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- Welsh Book Festival 1934 (Subject)
- Bowen, Ben, 1878-1903 (Subject)