David OwenDavid Owen (?December 1796

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 - 16 January 1866

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, known by the pseudonym Brutus, was a Welsh

Wales

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 satirical writer, editor and preacher.

He was born in Llanpumsaint

Llanpumsaint

Llanpumsaint is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, West Wales. In the 2001 UK Census, Llanpumsaint community had a population of 595...

, Carmarthenshire

Carmarthenshire

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 where he was brought up as a Congregationalist. Thereafter he spent periods of time in other parts working as a schoolmaster. After a troublous stretch working as a Baptist minister he turned his back on Nonconformity

Nonconformism

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 to join the Church of England

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, where he worked as editor of "Yr Haul", the magazine of what was then the Anglican Church in Wales. He published a number of books on religious matters, which became widely used. He also wrote sizeable autobiographies on the great Welsh Nonconformist preacher

Preacher

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s John Elias

John Elias

John Elias was a Christian preacher in Wales in the first half of the 19th century, as part of the Welsh Methodist revival. His preaching was noted as being exceptionally powerful, "as if talking fire down from heaven". On one occasion it is said he preached to a crowd of 10,000 people. He was a...

 and Christmas Evans

Christmas Evans

Christmas Evans was a Welsh Nonconformist minister, regarded as one of the greatest preachers in the history of Wales....

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David Owen is buried in the churchyard of the small village of Llywel

Llywel

Llywel is a small village that gives its name to Llywel community in Powys, Wales. The main settlement in the community is Trecastle. According to the 2001 Census the population of Llywel community is 524.- Location :...

 in Powys

Powys

Powys is a local-government county and preserved county in Wales.-Geography:Powys covers the historic counties of Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, most of Brecknockshire , and a small part of Denbighshire — an area of 5,179 km², making it the largest county in Wales by land area.It is...

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