Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, JOHN (c. 1567 - 1644), one of the greatest of Welsh scholars his death - at Harlech, according to William Maurice (Cefn-y-braich, Llansilin) - on 15 May 1644. He was buried at Mallwyd on 19 May. His will has been preserved. His published work belongs to the years 1620-1 and 1632-3. The 1620 edition of the Welsh Bible is known as Richard Parry's Bible, but it is thought today that much of the credit for the uniformity and correctness of the language used
DAVIES, JOHN (1625 - 1693), translator Born at Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, the son of William Davies, 'yeoman,' on 25 May 1625 according to Anthony Wood - but Sidney Lee in D.N.B. suggests 1627 as being the more likely year because Davies described himself as 19 years of age in the year 1646. He entered Jesus College, Oxford, 16 May 1641, but, because of the Civil War, migrated to Cambridge, matriculating as of S. John's College, 14
DAVIES, JOHN (1938 - 2015), historian John Davies was born on 25 April 1938 in Llwynypia Hospital, Glamorganshire, the son of Daniel Davies (d. 1950), carpenter, and his wife Mary (née Potter), a teacher, of Dumfries Street, Treorchy. His grandfather William Davies died in the Maerdy Pit Explosion of 1885 and his family relationship to the Rhondda Valleys and its coal industry was absolutely essential to his view of Wales and the
DAVIES, JOHN DANIEL (1874 - 1948), editor and author Born 12 January 1874, at Gwynfryn, Aberderfyn, Ponciau, Denbighshire, one of the seven children of Daniel Davies and his wife. Having completed his schooling he was apprenticed to David Jones, printer, at Rhosymedre, and afterwards to Richard Mills, printer of the Rhos Herald. He married Mary Ellen, daughter of William Humphreys ('Elihu'), of Blaenau Ffestiniog, 25 April 1900. He settled in
DAVIES, JOHN ELIAS (Telynor y Gogledd; 1847 - 1883), harpist and accompanist ), Llandudno (1864), Flint (1867), and elsewhere. His knowledge of Welsh harp music was profound, and he was considered the most accomplished accompanist of his day. He died 25 January 1883 and was buried in Glanogwen cemetery, Bethesda.
DAVIES, JOHN GRIFFITH (1836 - 1861), poet and translator Liverpool, from the ship Hibernia, 14 March 1861, when he was 25 years of age. He was educated at the day school of James Humphreys, Glandwr, and at New Quay and Templeton (near Narberth) schools. He was apprenticed to a tailor at Narberth, but inheriting much of his father's gift for learning languages he went to sea as a sailor to visit foreign countries in order to do so. He learnt Latin from his
DAVIES, JOHN HAYDN (1905 - 1991), teacher and choirmaster His registered name was John Davies, but an aunt unaccountably and persistently referred to him as Haydn and it stuck: for the rest of his life he was known ubiquitously as John Haydn Davies. He was born in Hendrewen Road, Blaencwm, Rhondda Fawr, on 3 February 1905, the son of Daniel Davies (1881-1971) a stonemason and his wife Lucy (née Morgan) (c.1881-1961). The parents moved to the Rhondda
DAVIES, JOHN PHILIP (1786 - 1832), Baptist minister, commentator, and divine limiting the power of the Atonement itself. Over the pseudonym Mab Dewi Ddu he took a prominent part in the Fullerian controversy in Seren Gomer, 1822-3. He published several articles and sermons in Seren Gomer (1818, 1822-3, 1824, 1825), together with a translation of a book by A. Fuller on revelation. After his death D. Rhys Stephen published his theological writings with a short memoir. J. P. Davies
DAVIES, JOSEPH E. (1812 - 1881), Welsh Calvinistic minister in America and author Born at Cwm-Cati Fach, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire. He emigrated to America and landed in New York on 25 May, 1842. He entered the ministry in 1842 and was ordained at Danville, Pennsylvania. He was minister of the CM church at Hyde Park, Scranton, Pennsylvania. He published Blwch Diwinyddol sef Corff o Dduwinyddiaeth … (Scranton and Utica; 1869-71) and Crefydd y Byd Cristionogol. He died at Hyde
DAVIES, NOËLLE (1899 - 1983), littérateur, educationist, and political activist Noëlle Davies was born at Bushy Park, Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon on 25 December 1899, the eldest daughter of Thomas Cornwall Ffrench (died 1941), farmer, and his artistic wife Georgina (née Kennedy, died 1941); she had a younger sister, Rosamund (died 1966). Privately-tutored to the age of thirteen, the Church of Ireland congregant attended the French School, Bray, County Wicklow (1914-1918
DAVIES, RANDOLPH (d. 1695), cleric and controversialist remained vicar of Meifod until the Restoration (1660), when he once more conformed, being reappointed to the living by king Charles II under the Great Seal of the Realm, 25 August 1660, and receiving institution by the bishop of Sr Asaph, 13 August 1661; he also received the sinecure rectory of Cwm, Flintshire. He married, 10 June 1648, Mary, daughter of John Williams, the loyalist vicar of Llanfyllin
DAVIES, REUBEN (Reuben Brydydd y Coed; 1808 - 1833), poet and schoolmaster highly of him as a hymn-writer. Apart from the hymns he left behind him an uncompleted poem, 'Dydd Barn,' some songs, several englynion, and a memorial awdl to D. L. Jones, tutor at Carmarthen. He died 8 January 1833 at the age of 25 and lies in Dihewyd churchyard.

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