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Joseph Harris
Welsh Baptist minister, author, and journal editor
Joseph Harris (1773 – 10 August 1825) was a Welsh Baptist minister, author, and journal editor. A Welsh language poet, he took the Biblical name of Gomer as his bardic name.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Joseph Harris (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born 1773, died Aug 10, 1825.1
About
On 1 January 1814 he launched the first Welsh-language weekly Seren Gomer ("Star of Gomer") in Swansea.
Gomer was born on a farm in Wolf's Castle, Pembrokeshire, where a plaque was unveiled in his memory, making the 200th anniversary of the launch of Seren Gomer. Gomer himself became a preacher during the religious revival of 1795. He married Martha Symons, and took on Back Street chapel. One of his best-known works, Cofiant Ieuan Ddu, was a biography of his son, John Ryland Harris, who worked as a typesetter for his father's printing press and died at the age of twenty.
The name of the Gomer Press was almost certainly chosen because of its founder J.D. Lewis' high regard for Joseph Harris.
From Wikipedia’s article on Joseph Harris, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- Seren GomerFounder10
Early life and education
- Date not recordedBristol Baptist College3
Career
Occupation: bookbinder, poet, publisher, journalist, cleric, bookseller, printer.5 6
- Date not recordedFounded Seren Gomer4
Known for: Seren Gomer.7
Personal life
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- 1WikidataJoseph Harris on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaJoseph Harris on Wikipedia
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- 10WikidataSeren Gomer, Founder
- 11Wikimedia CommonsJoseph Harris photo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain