Alfred George Edwards

Alfred George Edwards (born Nov. 2, 1848, Llanymawddwy, Merionethshire, Wales—died July 22, 1937, St. Asaph, Flintshire, Wales) was the first archbishop of Wales, who sought successfully to create a native church more reflective of Welsh culture than was the Anglican Church. Edwards graduated from Jesus College, Oxford, in 1874. After a successful headmastership of Llandovery College, he became vicar of Carmarthen in 1885, where he began the great work of his life, the defense and...