John Edwards ( cy, Siôn y Potiau;
bapt. 27 December 1699 – 1776)
was a
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poet, and a translator of ''
Pilgrim's Progress''.
John Edwards
Edwards was born in
Glyn Ceiriog in
Denbighshire in 1699 or earlier. He was a
weaver
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by trade, but is said in early life to have spent seven years as assistant to a bookseller in
London, and during that time is supposed to have gained considerable information.
His translation of
John Bunyan's ''
Pilgrim's Progress'' was published in 1767–68.
Edwards had two sons, Cain and Abel. Cain gained some note as a publisher of
almanacs, and his father is also thought to have produced almanacs.
[
John Edwards prepared his own monument, and inscribed thereon 1 Cor. xv. 52, in Latin. He died in 1776 and was buried on 28 December at Glyn Ceiriog.][
]
References
1699 births
1776 deaths
18th-century Welsh poets
People from Denbighshire
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