Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, CHARLES (1849 - 1927), Baptist minister he followed Nathaniel Thomas (1818 - 1888) as minister of Tabernacle, Cardiff. Charles Davies was regarded as one of the outstanding preachers of his generation, noted for his saintliness and evangelical fervour. He published Cyfrol o Bregethau, 1910, and was a frequent contributor to the denominational periodicals and to Y Geninen. He was elected chairman of the Baptist Union of Wales and
DAVIES, DAN ISAAC (1839 - 1887), a pioneer of the teaching of Welsh in schools schools. He thus fell in with a movement to the same effect initiated by the Hon. Society of Cymmrodorion and supported by Professor Thomas Powel (1845 - 1922). Davies spoke on the subject at the Liverpool national eisteddfod (1884), read a paper on it before the Cymmrodorion in London (1885), and contributed to the Baner in that year a series of articles which were reprinted (1885, 1886) under the
DAVIES, DANIEL (1840 - 1916), cashier to the Ocean Collieries at Ton, Ystrad, Glamorganshire , and literary associations. He published the following pamphlets: Dewi Sant (an essay) (Carmarthen, 1863); Ymddiddan yn Nhy Capel y Cwm (Treherbert, n.d.); Darllen y Beibl yn yr Ysgolion Dyddiol (with J. D. Thomas) (Ystrad Rhondda, 1890); Y Parch. Daniel Rowland, Llangeitho, a Diwygwyr Methodistaidd ereill … Amddiffyniad (Treorchy, 1906); he edited the sermons of Islwyn (William Thomas, 1832 - 1878
DAVIES, Sir DANIEL THOMAS (1899 - 1966), physician
DAVIES, DAVID (Dafi Dafis, Rhydcymerau; 1814 - 1891), Calvinistic Methodist preacher , of Tir-Ifan-Ddu, whose father was step-brother to Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi, 1764 - 1833). He lived from 1860 to the end of his days at Cwmcyfyng, near Capel Isaac, where he died 2 January 1891. Although he had but little schooling, he was interested in languages, and read the Bible daily in the original languages. He was remarkable for his dramatic style of preaching, and his ready retorts
DAVIES, DAVID (d. 1807), editor of Y Geirgrawn, Independent minister pronouncedly Radical in its views (in it, e.g., was printed a Welsh version of the ' Marseillaise'), and Thomas Roberts of Llwyn-'rhudol (1765 - 1841) avers that Davies incurred considerable danger at the hands of the authorities. It may be that these views of his upset his congregation too, for letters in the library of the University College of North Wales (Scorpion MSS.) speak of 'unhappy
DAVIES, Sir DAVID (1792 - 1865), physician died 23 August 1902; (c) Thomas; and (d) William. He died at Lucca, Italy, 2 May 1865, and was buried at Biarritz.
DAVIES, DAVID (1818 - 1890) Llandinam, industrialist and Member of Parliament brothers and sisters. An invitation in the same year to make the foundation and approaches for a bridge over the Severn at Llandinam set him on a contractor's career, and in 1855 he built the first section of the Llanidloes and Newtown railway, eventually opened in 1859. He subsequently built, with various partners such as Thomas Savin, the following railways: Vale of Clwyd (opened in 1858), Oswestry and
DAVIES, DAVID (Dai'r Cantwr; 1812? - 1874), Rebecca rioter Philadelphia Baptist church. In the threnody (B. B. Thomas, Baledi Morgannwg, 56-8) which he wrote in Carmarthen prison, after his sentence to transportation, he speaks of living, also, at Troedrhiw'r-clawdd and Tredegar. He may have been the David Davies of Bridgend who won the harp at the Cymreigyddion eisteddfod at Abergavenny in 1838. He explained his sobriquet to the Tasmanian authorities by the
DAVIES, DAVID EMRYS (1904 - 1975), cricketer and cricket umpire Emrys Davies was born at Sandy, Llanelli on 27 June, 1904, the son of Thomas Davies, a tin-worker, and his wife Mary. He was educated at Pentip Anglican School, Sandy, Llanelli. He married Gertrude Moody in 1927, and they had a son, Peter, who won a Rugby Blue at Cambridge University and captained the Glamorgan Seconds in the 1950s. Emrys Davies was, together with Dai Davies, one of the first two
DAVIES, DAVID JAMES (1893 - 1956), economist Born 2 June 1893 at Cefnmwng, a small cottage near Carmel, Carmarthenshire, the 3rd child of Thomas Davies, miner, and Ellen (née Williams). After attending local schools, he worked in several collieries and at Barry Dock (1907-12). In the meantime he continued his education in evening classes and through correspondence courses. In 1912 he emigrated to the U.S.A. and Canada where he worked in the
DAVIES, DAVID JAMES LLEWELFRYN (1903 - 1981), academic lawyer services to legal education. In 1952 Llewelfryn married Mary Thomas (1915-2013), daughter of Lewis Thomas and the sister of Amy Parry-Williams. They had one daughter, Lynn, and two sons, Huw and Tomos. Mary played an important part in fostering the atmosphere of the Department during her husband's tenure as Head. This atmosphere was marked by openness and support, both for students and for the young

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