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David Rowlands
1836–1907
A Welsh minister, teacher, and poet who became a respected voice in nineteenth-century Welsh religious and literary life. Writing under the bardic name Dewi Môn, he brought scholarship, faith, and a strong sense of Welsh culture together in his work.
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Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters
by George Milligan, Walter F. (Walter Frederic) Adeney, J. Morgan (James Morgan) Gibbon, J. G. (John Gershom) Greenhough, H. Elvet (Howell Elvet) Lewis, Alfred Rowland, David Rowlands, W. J. (William John) Townsend
About the author
Born in Anglesey on March 4, 1836, he grew up in north Wales and went on to become a Congregational minister, poet, and educator. He is best known by his bardic name Dewi Môn, and his career linked the chapel world with Welsh literary culture.
He served as a minister and later became head of the Congregational college at Bala, a role that made him an important figure in Welsh Nonconformist education. Alongside his religious work, he was known for his learning and for writing poetry and other Welsh-language works.
Remembered as both a churchman and a man of letters, he was part of the generation that helped sustain Welsh scholarship and public culture in the nineteenth century. He died on January 7, 1907.