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Short Name: John David Edwards
Full Name: Edwards, John David, 1805-1885
Birth Year: 1805
Death Year: 1885

Welsh composer; bardic name Penrhiwceibr.

John David Edwards (b. Penderlwyngoch, Cardiganshire, Wales, 1805; d. Llanddoget, Denbighshire, North Wales, 1885) was educated at Jesus College, Oxford, England, and ordained an Anglican priest in 1833. He served parishes in Rhosymedre and Llanddoget and published a collection of hymn tunes, Original Sacred Music (2 vols., 1836, 1843), for use in Anglican churches in Wales.

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