John Morris-Jones

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Sir John Morris-Jones (October 17, 1864 - April 16, 1929) was a Welsh grammarian and poet.

He was born at Llandrygarn, Anglesey. While at the University of Oxford, Morris-Jones co-founded the Cymdeithas Dafydd ap Gwilym (the Dafydd ap Gwilym Society) (1886). In 1895 he became Professor of Welsh at the University College of North Wales, Bangor, a post he held until his death. His works, Welsh orthography (1893) and Welsh grammar (1913), added to the status of the language. He was also founder and editor of the literary journal, Y beirniad, published between 1911 and 1919. Morris-Jones was knighted in 1918. He died at Bangor, Wales.