Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, DEWI ALED EIRUG (1922 - 1997), Congregationalist minister and professor of theology He was born in Cwmllynfell, Glamorganshire, 5 February 1922, one of the eight children of Thomas Eirug Davies, the Congregationalist minister there (and after 1926 in Lampeter) and his wife. His mother Jennie was the daughter of R. H. Thomas, the Calvinistic Methodist minister in Llansannan. He was educated at Peterwell primary school, Lampeter, and at Aberaeron County School. As a consequence of
DAVIES, TOM EIRUG (Eirug; 1892 - 1951), Congl. minister, writer and poet department of extramural studies of the University of Wales and many came to his home (particularly in Cwmllynfell) to prepare themselves for the ministry. He was a preacher and poet of very special talent-he won the crown twice-at the national eisteddfod in Aberafan, 1932, and Neath, 1934, and various other prizes (see the preface, 'Diolchiadau', to Cerddi Eirug). He adjudicated many times in the national
EIRUG - see DAVIES, TOM EIRUG
MORGAN, DYFNALLT (1917 - 1994), poet, literary critic and translator bilingualism in primary schools through visiting schools in mid and west Wales. During this period he met and married Eleri, daughter of the poet and minister T. Eirug Davies, and they had one son, Tomos. He worked for the BBC in Swansea and Bangor for a decade between 1954 and 1964 as a radio producer, and also presented a number of shows. The range of his interests and knowledge was shown in the wide
THOMAS, SIMON (d. 1743?), Presbyterian minister and author Very little is known about him. D. Lleufer Thomas, in his article in the D.N.B. on Joshua Thomas, says that he was the latter's uncle, and that Joshua Thomas was apprenticed to him at Hereford in 1739. According to Joshua Thomas (Hanes y Bedyddwyr ymhlith y Cymry, 1st imp., xxvii), he was born at Cilgwyn, near Lampeter. It is obvious that he had had a classical education somewhere. T. Eirug

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