Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, WILLIAM DAVID (1911 - 2001), Biblical scholar of the Divinity tripos in 1940 followed by an M.A. in 1942. He was ordained minister in Fowlmere Chapel, Cambridgeshire in 1941, and continued as part-time tutor in his college. He married Eurwen Llewelyn, also a miner's daughter from Glanamman, in 1941. They remained in Cambridge until 1946 when he was appointed tutor in New Testament at Yorkshire United College, Bradford, a training college for
EDMUND-DAVIES, HERBERT EDMUND (1906 - 1992), lawyer and judge School of Economics where he taught contract law and conflict of laws. In 1931, his book Law of Distress for Rent and Rates was published. Eventually, however, he decided to focus on the practice of law. He returned to Wales, joining the South Wales Circuit and settling in Swansea, where he established his position as a barrister. In 1935 he married Eurwen Williams-James. They had three daughters, Ann
PARRY-WILLIAMS, Sir THOMAS HERBERT (1887 - 1975), author and scholar T. H. Parry-Williams was born on 21 September 1887 to Henry Parry-Williams (1858-1925) and Ann, née Morris (1859-1926), at Rhyd-ddu, Arfon. Christened 'Tom' (not 'Thomas'), he was the second of six children, the siblings being Blodwen, Willie, Oscar, Wynne and Eurwen. Literary tendencies can be seen on both maternal and paternal sides of the family. The brother of Ann, R. R. Morris, was a

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