Joseph Harris (Gomer)

Joseph Harris (1773 – 10 August 1825) was a Welsh Baptist minister, author, and journal editor.

A Welsh language poet, he took the Biblical name of Gomer as his bardic name.

[1] Gomer was born on a farm in Wolf's Castle, Pembrokeshire, where a plaque was unveiled in his memory, making the 200th anniversary of the launch of Seren Gomer.

He married Martha Symons, and took on[clarification needed] Back Street chapel.

One of his best-known works, Cofiant Ieuan Ddu, was a biography of his son, John Ryland Harris, who worked as a typesetter for his father's printing press and died at the age of twenty.