Evan David Jones CBE FSA (6 December 1903 – 7 March 1987) was the Librarian of the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth from 1958 to 1969.[1]

Jones was appointed Librarian of the National Library of Wales, the national legal deposit library of Wales, in 1958.[2][3] A biographer, Jones wrote articles on Evan Lewis,[4] and David Jones[5] among others for the Dictionary of Welsh Biography.

Jones also wrote Victorian and Edwardian Wales from Old Photographs.[6] He was the editor when the entire works of Welsh bard Lewis Glyn Cothi were published in 1953, through the cooperation of the National Library of Wales and the University of Wales Press Board.[7]

He was survived by his wife Eleanor Jones.

References edit

  1. ^ Daniel Huws. "Jones, Evan David (1903–1987), librarian and archivist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  2. ^ 'New National Librarian Appointed' Welsh Gazette 31 7 July 1958.
  3. ^ "Llangeitho". Ceredigion County Council. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
  4. ^ "Lewis, Evan David". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
  5. ^ "Jones, David". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
  6. ^ Jones, Evan David Victorian and Edwardian Wales from Old Photographs Published by Batsford Ltd (1981) ISBN 978-0-7134-0125-7
  7. ^ Lewis Glyn Cothi on Britannica.com
Academic offices
Preceded by Librarian of the National Library of Wales
1958–1969
Succeeded by