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  • Henry Jones (1852-1922), the eminent scholar and philosopher, was born in Llangernyw, Denbighshire. He was the son of a shoemaker and after leaving school at the age of 12, Henry worked in his father's workshop. Although he left school at an early age he continued his studies at home and won a scholarship to the Normal College, Bangor, before continuing his studies at Glasgow University. In 1882 he was appointed lecturer at Aberystwyth University and moved to Bangor University two years later. In 1891 he moved to Scotland where he was to spend the rest of his life. He was appointed Professor at St. Andrew's University in 1891 and Professor of Moral Philosophy at Glasgow University in 1894. Following his death in 1922 a memorial fund was established under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald. The fund bought his childhood home, Y Cwm, Llangernyw, and it was opened as a museum in 1934.
The shoes worn by the scholar and philosopher Henry Jones, scholar and philosopher, when he was knighted in 1912
  • Henry Jones (1852-1922), the eminent scholar and philosopher, was born in Llangernyw, Denbighshire. He was the son of a shoemaker and after leaving school at the age of 12, Henry worked in his father's workshop. Although he left school at an early age he continued his studies at home and won a scholarship to the Normal College, Bangor, before continuing his studies at Glasgow University. In 1882 he was appointed lecturer at Aberystwyth University and moved to Bangor University two years later. In 1891 he moved to Scotland where he was to spend the rest of his life. He was appointed Professor at St. Andrew's University in 1891 and Professor of Moral Philosophy at Glasgow University in 1894. Following his death in 1922 a memorial fund was established under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald. The fund bought his childhood home, Y Cwm, Llangernyw, and it was opened as a museum in 1934.
Shoemakers' tools from the workshop in Llangernyw where Henry Jones worked as a child, 1860s
  • 14 October 1867: It is noted that the school closed during the afternoon 'in respect to the memory of the Rev John Phillips, Principal of the Bangor Normal College' who had died. The headmaster attended the funeral and he remarks that 'it was one of the largest he ever saw. Thousands of persons of all grades being present'.
Holyhead British School (Boys Department) Log Book, 1863-86 [p. 134, image 9 of 24]
  • Obituary of the Rev John Phillips which appeared in the local newspaper, 19 October 1867.
Holyhead British School (Boys Department) Log Book, 1863-86 [p. 135, image 10 of 24]
  • Menai Rowlands was the daughter of the Rev. Daniel Rowlands, Principal of the Normal College, Bangor. Years later, she was appointed HMI of Schools. Her sister, Anna Maria, was among the first students to register at the University College of North Wales, Bangor, in 1884.
1st Admissions Register of the University College of North Wales, Bangor, 1884-92 [p. 395, image 18 of 22]