Maurice Jones

Maurice Jones (alias Meurig Prysor) (21 June 1863 – 7 December 1957) was a priest and university educator.

Born at Trawsfynydd, Meirionnydd, he was the second of the seven children of the village shoemaker, William Jones and his wife Catherine when he was elected Gorsedd Bard. He was attendant druid from 1947 to 1957, and only narrowly missed election to become archdruid in 1955. In that same year, however, he was made a Fellow of the National Eisteddfod. He was also chairman of Cymdeithas Ceredigion Cerdd (The music and poetry society of Ceredigion) and vice-president of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. He was a sparkling preacher in both Welsh and English. St Paul the Orator (1910) The New Testament in the Twentieth Century (1914) St Paul’s Epistle to the Philippians (1918) The Four Gospels (1921) St Paul’s Epistle to Colossians (1923)