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Figurine of Griffith Jones, Llanddowror (1683-1761) cast in white earthenware, with matt black painted base and body, with books picked out in gold lustre. Inscription by potter on base: Harvey Jones 7/83 CYMRU / CAERFYRDDN RHIF 33 This is number 33 of a limited editon of 40 produced by Harvey Jones to in 1983 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of his Griffith Jones.

Griffith Jones taught over 150,000 people to read. Children and adults alike were taught to read Welsh by reading the Bible. Circulating schools were organised for this purpose throughout Wales by Griffith Jones, the rector of Llanddowror in Carmarthenshire. Between 1737 and 1761, there were over 3,000 schools with over 150,000 scholars. When the Methodist Revival began in Wales, it was at its strongest in the areas where the circulating schools had been established.