Evan Owen Allen Explained

Evan Owen Allen (1805–1852) was a Welsh writer and poet born at Pant-y-llin, near Llanrwst, (Caernarfonshire at the time), the son of a farmer.

Writings

Allen contributed to Seren Gomer, which had been the first Welsh-language weekly newspaper,^[1] and to other publications. However, by Allen's time Seren Gomer was a monthly, and it would later become a quarterly associated with the Baptists.

None of Allen's poetry is thought to have been published.

Death and burial

He died at Ruthin, Denbighshire on 16 December 1852.^[2] He was buried at Llanfwrog Baptist Chapel.^[3]

Sources

• Geirlyfr Bywgraffiadol o Enwogion Cymru (1870), p. 27 (in Welsh)

Notes and References

1. https://newspapers.library.wales/browse/4247204 National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
2. Web site: Evan Owen Allen . Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales . 7 December 2015.
3. Book: Roberts, T.R. . Eminent Welshmen . 1908 . The Educational Publishing Company Ltd . 9781407787121 . 10.