John Edward Daniel
British theologian and politician
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, John Edward Daniel was a Welsh theologian and college lecturer who became chairman of the Welsh political party Plaid Cymru. Life Daniel was born in Bangor, Gwynedd, on 26 June 1902 and was educated at the Friars School, Bangor. He then won a scholarship to the University of Oxford, matriculating as a member of Jesus College, Oxford, in 1919. He obtained a first-class degree in literae humaniores in 1923 and a further first-class degree in divinity in 1925. He was then appointed to a fellowship at the Bala-Bangor Theological College, and became a professor on 28 July 1926, following the death of Thomas Rees. He taught Christian doctrine and the philosophy of religion and was regarded as one of the most able theologians of his generation. However, his publications were few: and some journal articles. Although he was never ordained, he was an able preacher.
