PHILLIPS, EVAN OWEN (1826-1897), dean of S. Davids;
b. 27 April 1826, son of William Phillips of Trecŵn (‘Trecoon’), Pembs., and educated at Cardigan grammar school and Corpus Christi College Cambridge (Wrangler in 1849, and subsequently Fellow of Corpus). He was warden of Llandovery College (1854-61), vicar of Llanbadarn-fawr, Aberystwyth (1861-86), and rector of Letterston, Pembs., 1886-95. He became canon of S. Davids in 1874, chancellor in 1879, and dean in 1895; he d. 2 March 1897. In 1877 he edited the Welsh sermons of bishop Connop Thirlwall (q.v.).
Bibliography:
- Nicholas;
- Crockford;
- Www.
Author:
Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, C.B.E., D.Litt., Ll.D., F.S.A., (1881-1969), Bangor.
