Joseph David Jones

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Joseph David Jones (1827 – 17 September 1870) was a Welsh composer and schoolmaster, commonly known as J. D. Jones. He was the father of industrialist Sir Henry Haydn Jones.^[1]

Jones was head of Rhos Street School, and later founded the Clwyd Bank Academy, a private grammar school, at Ruthin. His compositions included songs and hymn tunes, the best-known of which is "Capel y Ddol".

Commemorative plaque

Sources

Notes

↑ Welsh Biography Online

Bibliography

Archives Network Wales
DNB reference: R. M. J. Jones, ‘Jones, Joseph David (1827–1870)’, rev. David J. Golby, first published Sept 2004

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Name	Jones, Joseph David
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Short description	British composer
Date of birth	1827
Place of birth
Date of death	17 September 1870
Place of death

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