Science Fair Project Encyclopedia Bevan was born in Tredegar,
Monmouthshire, the son of David Bevan, who was a miner. Both
Bevan's parents were Nonconformists: his father was a Baptist
and his mother a Methodist. One of ten children, Bevan was
unsuccessful at school and his academic performance was so bad
that his headmaster made him repeat a year. At the age of
thirteen Aneurin left school and began working in the local
Tytryst Colliery. David Bevan had been a supporter of the
Liberal Party in his youth, but was converted to socialism by
the writings of Robert Blatchford in the Clarion and joined the
Independent Labour Party His son also joined the Tredegar branch
of the South Wales Miners' Federation and became a trade union
activist: he was head of his local Miners' Lodge at only
nineteen. Bevan became a well-known local orator and was seen by
his employers, the Tredegar Iron and Coal Company, as a
revolutionary. The manager of the colliery found an excuse to
get him sacked. However, with the support of th