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Welsh novelist

Not to be confused with Lloyd Jones (New Zealand author).

Lloyd Jones (born 14 July 1951) is a poet, novelist and photographer. In 2002 he became the first person to walk completely around Wales, a journey of a thousand miles.

Born at Bryn Clochydd, Gwytherin, near Llanrwst, he lives at Abergwyngregyn and has formerly worked on a farm and as a newspaper editor, a lecturer and a mencap nurse.^[1] He writes in both Welsh and English. After almost dying from alcoholism he gave up drinking on 28 December 2001.

He is a graduate of Bangor University, with a degree in Welsh and English literature. He has published the following books:

• Mr Vogel (Seren, 2004), which was based partly on Jones' walk around Wales. It won the McKitterick Prize and was shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction.
• Mr Cassini (Seren, 2006), which was partially inspired by his walking across Wales in seven different directions. It won the Wales Book of the Year award in 2007.
• My First Colouring Book (Seren, 2008
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  LLOYD-JONES, JOHN (1885 - 1956), scholar and poet

  Name: John Lloyd-jones
  Date of birth: 1885
  Date of death: 1956
  Spouse: Freda Lloyd-Jones (née Williams)
  Parent: Dorothy Lloyd-Jones
  Parent: John Lloyd-Jones
  Gender: Male
  Occupation: scholar and poet
  Area of activity: Eisteddfod; Poetry; Scholarship and Languages
  Author: Thomas Parry

  Born 14 October 1885, son of John and Dorothy Lloyd-Jones, Cartrefle, Dolwyddelan,, Caernarfonshire. He was educated at Llanrwst grammar school and the University College of North Wales, Bangor. He graduated B.A. in 1906 and M.A. in 1909. He took the B.Litt. degree of Oxford University at Jesus College, and then studied under Rudolf Thurneysen at the University of Freiburg. He was appointed first head of the Welsh department at University College, Dublin, and held the post until his retirement in 1955. He acted as external examiner in Welsh to the University of Wales from 1916 till 1955.

  As a scholar Lloyd-Jones first appeared as contributor of etymological and lexicographical notes in the Bulletin of the Board of Ce

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  David Martyn Lloyd-Jones (20 December 1899-1 March 1981) stands as one of the most influential figures in 20th-century Reformed evangelicalism. A Welsh Protestant minister, preacher, and medical doctor, he served as minister of Westminster Chapel in London for nearly three decades.

  Early Life and Ministry

  Born in Cardiff and raised in Llangeitho, Ceredigion, Lloyd-Jones grew up in a region steeped in Welsh Methodist revival history, notably as the site of Daniel Rowland's ministry. His father worked as a grocer, and of his two brothers, Harold tragically died in the 1918 flu pandemic, while Vincent later became a High Court judge.

  His early career path led him through London grammar school (1914-1917) to St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he trained in medicine. By 1921, he had secured a prestigious position as assistant to the Royal Physician, Sir Thomas Horder. After obtaining his MD from London University and membership in the Royal College of Physicians, Lloyd-Jones experienced a profound calling to preach. This spiritual conviction led him, in 1927, to return to Wales wi