Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, JOHN (Siôn Dafydd Berson; 1675 - 1769)
DAVIES, JOHN (1843 - 1917) Pandy, Calvinistic Methodist minister and antiquary His father was Rees Davies (1804 - 1891), a minister, who was born at Ysgubor Fawr, Myddfai, Carmarthenshire, while Jeffery Davies of Llangammarch was his uncle. John Davies was educated at the school kept by Morgan Jones at Myddfai and at the British school, Cefnarthen. He had a year's schooling at Brecon and then went to Merthyr Tydfil grammar school, where he came under the influence of Thomas
DAVIES, JOHN (1823 - 1874), Independent minister The son of Daniel and Elizabeth Davies; born in a cottage near Sardis chapel, Llandovery, on 1 May. He attended a school at Myddfai for a brief period. In 1841 he went to Hanover School, near Abergavenny, to prepare himself for entrance to Brecon College, where he was admitted as a student in 1842. He was a minister at Lanelli, Brecknock (1846), Aberaman (1854), Mount Stuart, Cardiff (1863), and
DAVIES, JOHN (John Davies, Taihirion; 1825 - 1904), Welsh Independent minister , Efail Isaf. Although John Davies was a prominent member of his denomination and one of the directors of the London Missionary Society, his influence was felt principally in his own region and he was known as Esgob y Fro (the bishop of the community). He was active in promoting education and mainly due to his efforts, a British school was set up at Llantwit Fardre and he was for many years a member of
DAVIES, JOHN (Ossian Gwent; 1839 - 1892), poet Born 30 January 1839 at Cardigan, son of Evan and Anne Davies. It is said that Evan Davies, the father, had considerable skill as a poet, though he produced very little. He was a Methodist elder. The family moved to Rhymney when John was still young, and his schooling was very inadequate. He served his apprenticeship as a carpenter in one of the Rhymney factories, and, in addition, became a
DAVIES, JOHN (1868 - 1940), author
DAVIES, JOHN (Peirianydd Gwynedd; 1783 - 1855), engineer, carpenter, smith, clock-maker, poet, and musician Born 1783 at Hafod-y-foel, Llanbryn-mair, brother of the Rev. Evan Davies ('Eta Delta'). In 1820 he set himself up in business at Dôl-goch, Talerddig, in the same parish, as a manufacturer of wool-making machinery. He supplied woollen mills in every county in Wales with machines for carding, combing, and weaving; at one time there were branches of his business at Dolgelley and Carmarthen. His son
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
DAVIES, JOHN (1781 - 1848) Fronheulog,, one of the most prominent lay leaders of Calvinistic Methodism in his day He was the eldest of the six children of GABRIEL DAVIES (1757 - 1828) A native of Clocaenog, Denbighshire, came to Bala c. 1775-80, at first as a saddler, and afterwards became a grocer and draper, but finally developed into a wholesale hosier on a large scale; Bala was then a notable entrepôt for the stockings knit in a wide region around, and Davies exported these from Barmouth, trading even
DAVIES, JOHN (1784 - 1845), Wesleyan minister Born at Halkin, Flintshire, 7 October 1784, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Davies. He joined the ministry in 1806 and was first established in the Llangollen circuit which extended from Llanarmon (Yale) to Llanidloes. After two years there and two in Beaumaris he was transferred to Lampeter and spent most of the rest of his life in various South Wales circuits. He was elected secretary of the
DAVIES, JOHN (Brychan; 1784? - 1864), poet, publisher, and promoter of the friendly society movement rural culture could become acclimatized among the raw industrial communities of 'the Hills.' Davies came under the influence (c. 1814) of Iolo Morganwg, and was initiated in 1818 into Iolo's 'Gorsedd': he bore a leading part in the eisteddfodic movement in Monmouthshire, and co-operated with Taliesin ap Iolo, Carnhuanawc, Cynddelw, D. Rhys Stephen, and other literati of the district at that time. But
DAVIES, JOHN (Siôn Gymro; 1804 - 1884), Independent minister, linguist, and commentator Born at Bwlch-yr-helygen in the parish of Llanarth, Cardiganshire, 5 March 1804, but his parents - David and Mary Davies - shortly afterwards moved to a near-by farm called Castell-y-geifr. His father, whose education was above the average, was his first teacher, but when he was 7 years old he was sent to the school at Neuaddlwyd kept by Thomas Phillips (1772 - 1842). He began to preach on 1 July

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