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Daniel Silvan Evans

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Welsh scholar and lexicographer

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According to Wikipedia, Daniel Silvan Evans was a Welsh clergyman, scholar and lexicographer. Educated at the Independent College in Brecon, Silvan Evans worked as a schoolmaster for five years. On marriage he conformed to the Established Church, studying at St David's College, Lampeter, where he became lecturer in Welsh. Ordained deacon in 1848 and priest the following year he served curacies at Llandegwning parish in Llŷn and from 1852 to 1862 at nearby Llangian, Caernarfonshire. In 1862 he was appointed to the living of Llanymawddwy, Merioneth.

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  • An English and Welsh dictionary, adapted to the present state of science and literature : in which the English words are deduced from their originals, and explained by their synonyms in the Welsh language (1)

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