Richard Roberts Jones [Dick of Aberdaron]

(1780-1843)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Jones, Richard Roberts, 1780-1843 DNB: Jones, Richard Roberts [called Dick of Aberdaron] (1780–1843), linguist LBT ID: RiJones1843 VIAF ID: 25855735 LOC ID: n78000255	B/BAP: 1780 DIED: 1843-12-18
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Welsh autodidact and eccentric whose facility in ancient and modern languages attracted the attention of his patron, William Roscoe.