Bridget Bevan

Bridget Bevan
Portrait of Madam Bevan by John Lewis, 1745 (oils) from original in the Carmarthenshire County Museum
Born
Bridget Vaughan

October 1698
Died11 December 1779
Laugharne, Carmarthenshire
OccupationPhilanthropist
SpouseArthur Bevan

Bridget Bevan (née Vaughan; baptised 30 October 1698 – 11 December 1779), also known as Madam Bevan, was a Welsh educationalist and public benefactor. She was the chief supporter of Griffith Jones and his system of circulating schools.[1]

  1. ^ "Griffith Jones and the Circulating Schools". BBC. 19 July 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2021.