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 and educated at Friars School, Bangor. 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: Historical and Comparative (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.
