Edwards, Alfred George

Edwards, Alfred George

▪ Welsh archbishop
born Nov. 2, 1848, Llanymawddwy, Merionethshire, Wales
died July 22, 1937, St. Asaph, Flintshire, Wales

      the first archbishop of Wales, who sought successfully to create a native church more reflective of Welsh culture than was the Anglican Church.

      Edwards graduated from Jesus College, Oxford, in 1874. After a successful headmastership of Llandovery College, he became vicar of Carmarthen in 1885, where he began the great work of his life, the defense and strengthening of the Welsh national church. An ardent believer in disestablishment, he fought his church's many enemies on every ground of fact and principle by sermons, politics, and publications, of which the most important were The Truth About the Church in Wales (1889) and Landmarks in the History of the Welsh Church (1912). In 1889 he was appointed bishop of St. Asaph, and from the disestablishment in 1920 until his retirement in 1934 he was archbishop of the Church of Wales.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Alfred George Edwards — Alfred George Edwards, ca. 1910 Alfred George Edwards (* 2. November 1848 in Llanymawddwy, Gwynedd, Wales; † 22. Juli 1937) war ein anglikanischer Bischof und Primas der Church in Wales. Edwards wu …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Alfred George Edwards — The Most Rev Alfred George Edwards (November 2, 1848 July 22, 1937), was elected the first Archbishop of the disestablished Church in Wales. The son of a priest of the Church of England, he was born in Llanymawddwy in Gwynedd. He studied at Jesus …   Wikipedia

  • Edwards (Familienname) — Edwards ist ein Familienname. Bekannte Namensträger Inhaltsverzeichnis A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Alfred Gilbert (sculpteur) —  Pour l’article homonyme, voir Alfred Gilbert, le sportif et inventeur.  Satue d Antéros sur la fontaine du Shaftesbury Memorial à Piccadilly Circus, Londres …   Wikipédia en Français

  • George Payne McLean — George P. McLean George Payne McLean (* 7. Oktober 1857 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut; † 6. Juni 1932 ebenda) war ein US amerikanischer Politiker, Gouverneur, sowie US Senator des …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Alfred Eastlack Driscoll — (* 25. Oktober 1902 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; † 9. März 1975) war ein US amerikanischer Politiker und von 1947 bis 1954 Gouverneur des Bundesstaates New Jersey. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Frühe Jahre und politischer Aufstieg …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • George Peppard — Dans Diamants sur canapé de Blake Edwards (1961) Donnée …   Wikipédia en Français

  • George Schneiderman — Judge Priest (1934) : Will Rogers et Henry B. Walthall …   Wikipédia en Français

  • George Edward Lounsbury — (* 7. Mai 1838 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York; † 16. August 1904 in Ridgefield, Connecticut) war ein US amerikanischer Politiker und Gouverneur des US Bundesstaates Connecticut. Er war Mitglied der Republikanischen Partei …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Alfred Gilbert — Retrato de Sir Alfred Gilbert por John McLure Hamilton , 1887 Nacimiento 12 de agosto de …   Wikipedia Español

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”