Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, HUGH (1739 - 1821), cleric and author of Welsh Botanology , Samuel Goodenough, and many others, including William Owen Pughe and David Thomas (Dafydd Ddu Eryri), are preserved in NLW MS 6665C, whilst in NLW MS 2594E, NLW MS 13221E, NLW MS 13222C, NLW MS 13223C, NLW MS 13224B, and NLW MS 14350A, are to be found letters from Davies to Thomas Pennant, John Williams (Treffos, Anglesey), and William Owen Pughe. He sent a note ('Four British Lichens') to the second
DAVIES, HUGH TUDWAL (1847 - 1915), farmer and poet Born at Mynachdy, Clynnog, Caernarfonshire - he was a nephew of Robert Hughes, Uwchlaw'r Ffynnon (1811 - 1892). At the age of 18 the family moved to Yr Orsedd Fawr, Llangybi; in 1872 he settled in Brynllaeth, Llŷn. He m, a daughter of Capt. John Hughes, Gellidara. He wrote many englynion and a few cywyddau; he won prizes at eisteddfodau held at Pwllheli, 1875, and Caernarvon, 1880 and 1894. His
DAVIES, HUMFFREY (fl. 1600?-64?), poet record from the parish register of Llanbrynmair: 'Humphredus filius D. D. Evan sepultus fuit 8vo. die Julii Anno Dom. 1687' but suggests that this may refer to the burial of some child and that the bard died before 1663; it should, however, be noted that one piece by Wmffre Dafydd may belong to the year 1664. He began to write c. 1620 (e.g. poems to Dr. John Davies, Mallwyd). The bulk of his work is of
DAVIES, HUMPHREY (d. 1635), vicar of Darowen, and transcriber of Welsh manuscripts of Edward Stanley, constable of Harlech castle in 1551. Eulogistic poems were addressed to him by Griffith, John, and Richard Phylip, Ieuan Tew Brydydd the second of Arwystli, and Evan Lloyd of Gwaun Einion. Both John and Richard Phylip state that in his younger days he translated books from other languages into Welsh, but it is not known what books they were.
DAVIES, JAMES (Iaco ap Dewi; 1648 - 1722), translator, copyist and collector of manuscripts refers to this event in his poems - and there is evidence that he lived in Penllyn, Meironnydd, for a time before returning to Llanllawddog, Carmarthenshire, where he died 24 September 1722. It is recorded that he was buried there 27 September 1722. There are indications that his later years were made wearisome by poverty and ill health. The tradition that Siôn Rhydderch (John Roderick), the almanac
DAVIES, JAMES (Iago ap Dewi; 1800 - 1869), printer and poet Born near Pencader, Carmarthenshire, he received no educational advantages when a child, and spent his youth as a farm labourer. He joined the Pencader Congregational church. At about 20, he forsook farming, and became an apprentice with John Evans, printer, Carmarthen, of the Seren Gomer office. Here he met kindred spirits with a love for the muse, e.g. W. E. Jones (Gwilym Cawrdaf) and William
DAVIES, JAMES KITCHENER (1902 - 1952), poet, dramatist and nationalist Born 16 June 1902, son of Thomas Davies of Pant-glas, Blaencaron, and Martha (née Davies) of Pantfallen, Tregaron, Cardiganshire. Their sons Thomas, John and James were born at Pantfallen; about a year later the family moved to Llain, Llwynpïod, a smallholding on the edge of Cors Caron, where their daughter Letitia was born. James attended the church school at Tregaron. When he was seven years
DAVIES, JOHN (c. 1567 - 1644), one of the greatest of Welsh scholars Born in the parish of Llanferres, Denbighshire, the son of David ap John ap Rees, who is said to have been a weaver, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Lewis ap David Lloyd; he had three sisters, Jane, Catherine, and Gwen. Very little is known with certainty about him before he went to Mallwyd. He is said to have spent four years at Jesus College, Oxford, and to have graduated on 16 March 1593/4
DAVIES, JOHN (Brychan; 1784? - 1864), poet, publisher, and promoter of the friendly society movement Carmarthen, 1832, 1846, 1849); Y Llinos, 1827; Y Fwyalchen, 1835. He also published Telyn y Cantorion, 1828, by John Thomas, Newyddion Da o Wlad Bell (letters from America by two Monmouthshire emigrants - the date, 1830, is significant), and a translation, 1852, of the ' Book of Mormon.' Along with this praiseworthy activity in providing reading matter for the Welsh-speaking 'Hillmen,' Davies was a zealous
DAVIES, JOHN (1625 - 1693), translator range from 1654 (Treatise against the Principles of Descartes) to 1680 (Blondell's Pindar and Horace compared) or even later. Letters by him are prefixed to works by his friend John Hall of Durham, poet, whom he first met at Cambridge. He is sometimes credited with the authorship of A History of the Civil Wars of Great Britain and Ireland, 1661; he seems to have edited Enchiridion, 1686, the work of
DAVIES, JOHN (1795 - 1858), Unitarian minister and schoolmaster
DAVIES, JOHN (1652 - post 1716) Rhiwlas,, genealogist . According to Archæologia Cambrensis, 1888, 51, Davies was born 10 October 1652. His marriage has now been ascertained, by Mr. David Watkins in his unpublished dissertation 'Welsh Historiography in the 17th Cent.' (1955). The bishop's transcripts of Llansilin parish record, 27 May 1685, the christening of 'Margaret daughter of John Davies and Margaret his wife, of Rhiwlas ' (the child was born 24 May 1685

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