Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, JOHN HUMPHREYS (1871 - 1926), bibliographer, man of letters, and educationist contributed extensively, and for ten years (1910-20) he was editor of the Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society. During his principalship his exceptional personal qualities and his varied experience contributed largely to the strengthening of the links between the college and the University on the one hand and the Welsh nation on the other. He died at Cwm Cynfelyn, Aberystwyth, 10 August 1926, and
DAVIES, LEWIS (1777 - 1828), major-general son of John Davies of Crugiau, Llanbadarnfawr, Aberystwyth, joined the army in 1791, fought on the Continent (1794, 1799), in the West Indies (1796), and in the Peninsular War, distinguishing himself particularly at Salamanca (1812). He married Jane, daughter of Matthew Davies, of Cwm Cynfelyn, retired to Tan-y-bwlch, Aberystwyth, and died there 10 May 1828, aged 51. Jane Davies's sister, Anne
WILLIAMS, DAVID PRYSE (Brythonydd; 1878 - 1952), minister (B), writer, and historian ), Cilfowyr, John Gomer Lewis (1844 - 1914), and David Price (1865 - 1931), both of Swansea, and Anthony Williams (1845 - 1913), Ystrad Rhondda; and also Rhys Jones Lloyd (1827 - 1904), the son of Bronwydd mansion, Llangynllo, the rector of Troed-yr-aur, and his troubled Independent neighbour Thomas Cynfelyn Benjamin (1850 - 1925), Pen-y-graig, upon whose grave in Llethr-ddu cemetery Trealaw D.P.W. played a

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