- Elijah Waring
Elijah Waring (c. 1788 –
March 29 1857 ), was an Anglo-Welsh writer.Born at
Alton, Hampshire , Waring was the son of a Jeremiah Waring, and settled inSouth Wales in about 1810. He founded and English-language periodical, "The Cambrian Visitor: a Monthly Miscellany", atSwansea in 1813, and moved toNeath in the following year. The periodical was a failure. In 1817, Waring married Deborah Price, daughter of the Quaker industrialistJoseph Tregelles Price .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.In 1835 Waring moved to
Cardiff , and afterwards to Clifton nearBristol , but returned to Neath in 1855 and spent his last years there. His daughter,Anna Laetitia Waring , became well known as a hymn-writer.ources
* [http://wbo.llgc.org.uk/en/s-WARI-ELI-1788.html Welsh Biography Online]
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