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Elijah Waring (14 April 1787 – 29 March 1857) was an Anglo-Welsh writer. He founded an English-language periodical in
Price family. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
/ref> Waring preached at local chapels and later became a Wesleyan. He wrote articles for '' The Cambrian'' on subjects such as Parliamentary reform, and became friendly with Iolo Morganwg, about whom he later wrote a series of articles. His memoir of Iolo, ''Recollections and Anecdotes of Edward Williams, the Bard of Glamorgan'', was published in 1850.
Welsh Biography Online
{{DEFAULTSORT:Waring, Elijah 1787 births 1857 deaths 19th-century Welsh writers People from Alton, Hampshire
Elijah Waring (14 April 1787 – 29 March 1857) was an Anglo-Welsh writer. He founded an English-language periodical in Swansea
Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea ( cy, links=no, Dinas a Sir Abertawe).
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Early life
Born at Alton, Hampshire, Waring was the son of Quaker parents Jeremiah and Lettice Waring. He settled inSouth Wales
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in about 1810.
Writings and preaching
Waring founded an English-language periodical, ''The Cambrian Visitor: a Monthly Miscellany'' at Swansea in January 1813, but it had to close in August that year. He moved toNeath
Neath (; cy, Castell-nedd) is a market town and Community (Wales), community situated in the Neath Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales. The town had a population of 50,658 in 2011. The community of the parish of Neath had a po ...
in the following year. In 1817, Waring married Deborah Price, daughter of the Quaker industrialist Joseph Tregelles Price, in a Quaker ceremony./ref> Waring preached at local chapels and later became a Wesleyan. He wrote articles for '' The Cambrian'' on subjects such as Parliamentary reform, and became friendly with Iolo Morganwg, about whom he later wrote a series of articles. His memoir of Iolo, ''Recollections and Anecdotes of Edward Williams, the Bard of Glamorgan'', was published in 1850.
Later life
In 1835, Waring moved to Cardiff, and afterwards toClifton
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near Bristol, but he returned to Neath in 1855 and spent his last years there. His daughter, Anna Laetitia Waring
Anna Letitia Waring (or Anna Laetitia Waring; 19 April 1823 – 10 May 1910) was a Welsh poet and Anglican hymn-writer. Her philanthropic support included the Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society. She brought out her first hymn collection in 1850 ...
, became well known as a hymn-writer.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Waring, Elijah 1787 births 1857 deaths 19th-century Welsh writers People from Alton, Hampshire