Background
He was born at Llandrygarn, Anglesey, and educated at Friars School, Bangor.
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John Morris-Jones
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Jesus College.
Career
Whilst at Jesus College, Oxford, Morris-Jones co-founded Cymdeithas Dafydd ap Gwilym (the Dafydd ap Gwilym Society) (1886). In 1895 he became Professor of Welsh at Bangor University, a post he held until his death. Morris-Jones was knighted in 1918.
He died at Bangor.
The Welsh-medium hall of residence at Bangor University (the present-day name of the University College of North Wales) is named Neuadd John Morris-Jones (John Morris-Jones Hall) in his honour.
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United Kingdom