Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAFYDD GORLECH (1410? - 1490?), writer of cywyddau brud (vaticinations) 'Dafydd Gorlech Caermden' according to Peniarth MS 49 (167b). Twenty-five cywyddau are attributed to him in the manuscripts, but eleven of these are attributed to other writers as well. Among the fourteen attributed to him alone there is a cywydd which begins 'Am eryr braich môr a bryn' and contains references to Sir Roger Vaughan. Sir Roger was caught by Jasper Tudor in 1471 and executed at
DANIEL, DAVID ROBERT (1859 - 1931), publicist Born at Ty'n-y-bryn, Llandderfel, 6 May 1859, son of Robert Daniel and Jane, daughter of Robert Roberts. He was educated at the grammar school and the Independent College, Bala, and, after a visit to America, became in 1887 assistant organizer in North Wales for the United Kingdom Alliance. In 1896 he was appointed secretary of the North Wales Quarry-men's Union, and served for a period from 1889
DANIEL, GWYNFRYN MORGAN (1904 - 1960), educationalist and language campaigner Gwyn Daniel was born on 1 August 1904 in the village of Bryn, Port Talbot, the first child of Thomas Daniel (1875-1952), a coalminer, and his wife Sarah (née Walters, 1879-1922). Their second child, Mary Margaret (May) was born in 1909. The family worshipped at Bryn Seion Calvinistic Methodist Chapel. Gwyn was a pupil at the local elementary school before attending the County School for Boys
DAVIES, DANIEL (1797 - 1876), Baptist minister Born at Moelfre, Llanfair-ar-y-bryn, Carmarthenshire, 15 November 1797. In 1803 his father moved to Merthyr Tydfil and, the following year, the boy became blind as the result of smallpox. He was employed by the firm of Guest, Merthyr, for five years previous to being admitted in 1815 to the Liverpool Institute for the Blind. There he was taught handicraft and learned to speak English. He returned
DAVIES, DAVID JACOB (1916 - 1974), minister, author and broadcaster took on the ministry of three Unitarian chapels, Alltyblaca, Capel y Bryn in Cwrtnewydd, and Cwmsychbant. The family made their home in the Manse, Alltyblaca, and he worked tirelessly to improve the buildings of the three congregations. He became a popular lecturer at the invitation of various organisations all over Wales. Opportunities came for more broadcasting and he became a very well known
DAVIES, DAVID JAMES (1893 - 1956), economist the necessity to reach out to the English -speaking population and took a prominent part in the decision to transfer the Party's head office from Caernarfon to Cardiff in 1944. In 1932 he and his wife bought Pantybeilïau mansion at Gilwern, near Bryn-mawr, Monmouth, and attempted to establish a folk school there. Although they failed to realise their ambition, they became interested in the dispute
DAVIES, EDWARD TEGLA (1880 - 1967), minister (Meth.) and writer (1931). His imagination is given rein in Hen Ffrindiau (1927), and the fantasies, Tir y Dyneddon (1921) and Stori Sam (1938). Although criticised for moralising and allegorising in these, their inventiveness and narrative are still marvellous. His only long novel, Gwr Pen y Bryn (1923), was initially serialised in Yr Eurgrawn and appeared in book form in 1923. Whatever its shortcomings, it is a
DAVIES, ELLIS (1872 - 1962), priest and antiquarian died 3 April 1962 at Bryn Derwen, Caerwys, Flintshire, and was survived by 3 sons and 3 daughters.
DAVIES, ELLIS WILLIAM (1871 - 1939), solicitor and politician Caernarfonshire, in succession to John Bryn Roberts, and retained his seat until 1918. During this period he was a member of the departmental committee on landed estates (1911), departmental committee on the jury system (1911), Lloyd George's land enquiry committee (1912), the Speaker's conference on reforming the electoral system (1916), the departmental committee concerned with the right of public authorities
DAVIES, GRIFFITH (Gwyndaf; 1868 - 1962), poet, tutor of poets and antiquary farm near his birthplace. He married (1) Elin Davies, Bryncaled, and (2) Kate Ann Jones, Bryn Coch, Llanuwchllyn, a descendant of John Jones ('Tudur Llwyd'), Weirglodd Gilfach, a local poet and antiquary. They had one daughter, Megan. Gwyndaf spent the last years of his life at Glan'rafon, a cottage at the foot of Carndochan. He was elected a deacon of Yr Hen Gapel (Congl.), Llanuwchllyn, and was a
DAVIES, JOHN (1938 - 2015), historian secretary and remained supportive of the movement for the rest of his life. He played a prominent part in the campaign for Welsh language road signs. In 1963 he was appointed to his first post in the History Department of University College Swansea lecturing through the medium of Welsh. In 1966 he married Janet Mackenzie, a research student from Bryn-mawr, and they moved to Dryslwyn to live. She also
DAVIES, JOHN (1882 - 1937), secretary of the South Wales District of the W.E.A., 1919-1937 Born 5 May 1882 at Bryn-bedd, Blaenpennal, Cardiganshire, son of William and Jane Davies. The family moved in 1883 to the Rhondda valley where William Davies was killed in the Maerdy Pit explosion of 1885. John Davies was brought up by his widowed mother in the Cardiganshire village of Llangeitho, one of the cradles of Welsh Calvinistic Methodism and the religious traditions of his boyhood home

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