Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, JOHN (Ossian Gwent; 1839 - 1892), poet Born 30 January 1839 at Cardigan, son of Evan and Anne Davies. It is said that Evan Davies, the father, had considerable skill as a poet, though he produced very little. He was a Methodist elder. The family moved to Rhymney when John was still young, and his schooling was very inadequate. He served his apprenticeship as a carpenter in one of the Rhymney factories, and, in addition, became a
DAVIES, JOHN (1795 - 1861), cleric and philosopher Born December 1795 at Llanddewi-brefi, son of John and Jane Davies of Hendre Phylip - a wealthy family; pupil of Eliezer Williams at Lampeter; proceeded to Queens' College, Cambridge, 1820 (B.D. 1831, D.D. 1844). He was ordained at Norwich, becoming rector of S. Pancras, Chichester, and in 1840, of Gateshead, Durham, and master of King James's Hospital, Durham; in 1853 he became honorary canon of
DAVIES, JOHN (1803 - 1854), Independent minister Mynydd-bach, then in a deplorable state in consequence of the troubles caused by his predecessor Isaac Harding Harries : Davies in time brought it into good order. His stipend was small, and he had a large family, so he undertook the management of a colliery, in which he died from the effects of choke-damp 6 September 1854. He was a diligent writer; among his works may be mentioned Arch y Cyfamod, 1840
DAVIES, JOHN (Gwyneddon; 1832 - 1904), printer and journalist author of a popular harvest thanksgiving hymn which begins ' Anfeidrol Dduw rhagluniaeth.' He died at Caernarvon 30 January 1904. ROBERT GWYNEDDON DAVIES (1870 - 1928), solicitor Law Literature and Writing His son, a solicitor, who died 17 April 1928, aged 58, was the author of an English translation of Y Bardd Cwsc (1st ed. 1897, 2nd ed. 1909). Many of the manuscripts which he collected are now in the
DAVIES, JOHN (John Davies of Nerquis; 1799? - 1879), Calvinistic Methodist minister
DAVIES, JOHN (1823 - 1874), Independent minister The son of Daniel and Elizabeth Davies; born in a cottage near Sardis chapel, Llandovery, on 1 May. He attended a school at Myddfai for a brief period. In 1841 he went to Hanover School, near Abergavenny, to prepare himself for entrance to Brecon College, where he was admitted as a student in 1842. He was a minister at Lanelli, Brecknock (1846), Aberaman (1854), Mount Stuart, Cardiff (1863), and
DAVIES, JOHN (1787 - 1855), stone-mason and composer
DAVIES, JOHN (1784 - 1845), Wesleyan minister Born at Halkin, Flintshire, 7 October 1784, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Davies. He joined the ministry in 1806 and was first established in the Llangollen circuit which extended from Llanarmon (Yale) to Llanidloes. After two years there and two in Beaumaris he was transferred to Lampeter and spent most of the rest of his life in various South Wales circuits. He was elected secretary of the
DAVIES, JOHN (1860 - 1939), Welsh bibliographer and genealogist Born 7 August 1860 at Llundain-fach, Llandysul, Cardiganshire, son of John William and Mary Davies. He was educated at Capel Dewi national school and at William Eilir Evans's school, Llandysul. He then worked on a farm in the district and afterwards as a collier at Mardy, Rhondda Fach. Having been gassed in the colliery explosion of 1889, he set up in business at Lampeter, selling boots and clogs
DAVIES, JOHN (Taliesin Hiraethog; 1841 - 1894), farmer and poet to C. S. Mainwaring of Llaethwryd, Cerrig-y-drudion. He then married and went to farm Shotton farm, Flintshire, but his wife and only son died there. He married again and moved to a small farm, Pen-y-palmant, the Green, near Denbigh. A daughter, Alwen, was born of this marriage. John Davies had never been strong, and when Alwen, then 17 years of age, was buried, 27 November 1891, his health broke
DAVIES, JOHN (1843 - 1917) Pandy, Calvinistic Methodist minister and antiquary His father was Rees Davies (1804 - 1891), a minister, who was born at Ysgubor Fawr, Myddfai, Carmarthenshire, while Jeffery Davies of Llangammarch was his uncle. John Davies was educated at the school kept by Morgan Jones at Myddfai and at the British school, Cefnarthen. He had a year's schooling at Brecon and then went to Merthyr Tydfil grammar school, where he came under the influence of Thomas
DAVIES, JOHN (1868 - 1940), author

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