About John Thomas Job
Lived 1867 – 1938 (aged 71). John Thomas Job was a poet.
John Thomas Job (21 May 1867 – 4 November 1938), was a Welsh minister, hymn-writer and poet.
He was born at Llandybie in Carmarthenshire, and educated locally. He went on to Trefeca College to train as a Methodist minister. In 1894, he married Etta Davies, and they had three children. He won the bardic chair at the National Eisteddfod of Wales on three occasions: in 1897, 1903, and 1918, and in 1900 he won the crown. He also won the chair at the San Francisco Eisteddfod of 1915. In the same year, he married for the second time, to Catherine Shaw; they had two children.
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Welsh bard (1867–1938)
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John Thomas Job was born on 21 May 1867 in Llandybie.
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John Thomas Job died on 4 November 1938.
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John Thomas Job was a poet.
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