Dictionary of Welsh Biography

AMBROSE, WILLIAM (Emrys; 1813 - 1873), Independent minister, poet, and littérateur Born 1 August 1813 at Bangor, the only son of John and Elizabeth Ambrose. His great grandfather John Ambrose, a bootmaker, came from Ireland to Holyhead in 1715; one of his sons, Robert, became the second minister of the Baptist congregation at Bangor. Robert Ambrose had two sons - Robert, father of the Rev. W. R. Ambrose of Tal-y-sarn, and John (father of Emrys) - and a daughter (mother of John
AMBROSIUS AURELIANUS (fl. ( c. 475)), British leader posterity, but of them Gildas had no good opinion, as can be readily believed, if his Aurelius Caninus was of their number. To Welsh tradition he became known as Emrys Wledig (Ruler), but confusion arose when he was identified with the Ambrosius of Nennius, the boy hero of the folk tale who confounded the magicians of Vortigern and gave his name to Dinas Emrys, near Beddgelert. Geoffrey of Monmouth treats
BOWEN, EMRYS GEORGE (1900 - 1983), geographer Emrys Bowen, or EGB as he was widely known, was born on 28 December 1900 at Spilman Street in Carmarthen, the elder child of Thomas and Elizabeth Bowen. His father, a former tinplate worker, was an insurance agent. He was educated at Pentre-poeth Council School and at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Carmarthen. After a year as an assistant teacher in the Model and Practising School in Carmarthen
DAVIES, DAVID (1896 - 1976), cricketer and cricket umpire Dai Davies was born at Llanelli on 26 August, 1896, the youngest of 11 children. His mother, Margaret Davies, was a widow in 1901. He was educated at the Pentip Church of England School, Sandy, Llanelli. He married Mary Elizabeth Davies in 1924 and they had one daughter, Margaret. Dai Davies was, together with Emrys Davies, one of the first two home-bred professional cricketers to play for
DAVIES, DAVID CHRISTOPHER (1878 - 1958), missionary and representative of the British Missionary Society (B.M.S.) in Wales Born 16 July 1878 at Clydach, in the Swansea valley, Glamorganshire, second of the 10 children of John and Elizabeth Davies. He was brought up in a musical family; the father (who was employed in a local foundry) played the trombone with the Clydach brass band, and was deacon and treasurer of Calfaria (B) Church. The pastor of the church was T. Valentine Evans (father of Sir (David) Emrys Evans
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, GLYNNE GERALLT (1916 - 1968), minister (Congl.) and poet -68. He served his apprenticeship as a poet in 'Pabell Awen', the bardic column of Y Cymro under the tutorship of Dewi Emrys (David Emrys James) and came under the influence of R. Williams Parry at Bangor and Edward Prosser Rhys at Aberystwyth. He won many prizes at eisteddfodau including some at the National Eisteddfod In addition to his service as a caring and loved minister he became known to a
DAVIES, JAMES EIRIAN (1918 - 1998), poet and minister brother Emrys, who drowned when both were swimming in the river Towy near Llain, affected him deeply, and in the crisis he derived considerable comfort from his chapel community, which eventually influenced his choice of a career in the ministry. He spent a year preparing at Trevecka College, and then went on to read for a degree at the University College of Wales, Swansea. He began to make a name for
DAVIES, JOHN BREESE (1893 - 1940), writer, musician, and a specialist in cerdd dant Geninen, 1924) and his articles in Cymru (O.M.E.) on Emrys ab Iwan, 1923, and on Alun, 1924, as well as a number of articles in Yr Eurgrawn and Y Cerddor. A selection of them were published in Ysgrifau John Breese Davies (1949). He wrote with a good style and economy of expression, showing artistic skill and many of the virtues of the true scholar. He was secretary of the literature committee for the
DAVIES, MARY (Mair Eifion; 1846 - 1882), poet , 1812 - 1878) and Emrys (William Ambrose, 1813 - 1873). Much of her early work appeared in Y Dysgedydd, which was then edited by Emrys. She was a frequent competitor at literary meetings at Portmadoc and the surrounding district, winning several prizes for poetry and essays. She was admitted to the Gorsedd circle at the National Eisteddfod at Pwllheli in 1875. Her poetical works were edited by William
DEWI EMRYS - see JAMES, DAVID EMRYS
EMRYS - see AMBROSE, WILLIAM

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