Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAWE, CHARLES (DAVIES) (1886 - 1958), choral conductor Charles Dawe was born on 16 March 1886 in Taibach, Port Talbot, the second of three children of Elizabeth Dawe (b. 1848/9). His father, whose name is not known, died when Charles was a young child. Dawe worked in local industries while taking an interest in music in his leisure time. Early in 1912 he married Edith May Evans (1891-1987), a singer from Cwmafan who had enjoyed considerable success
DAWKINS, MORGAN GAMAGE (1864 - 1939), Congregational minister, poet, and hymnist Born 16 December 1864 at Bryncethin, near Bridgend, his father, Thomas, being farmer of the smallholding of Cae-helyg Bach, a collier at Park Slip, and a lay preacher, and his mother, Mary, a member of the David family of Pencoed. On his father's side, he was descended from the illustrious families of Gamage and Dawkins. His mother died in 1877, his father was killed in the colliery, 14 August
DAWKINS, Sir WILLIAM BOYD (1837 - 1929), geologist and antiquary Owens College, Manchester, 1874-1909. He was elected F.R.S. in 1867, and honorary Fellow of Jesus College in 1882; he was awarded the Lyell medal of the Geological Society, 1889, and the Prestwich medal, 1918, and was knighted, 1919. He married (1886) Frances, daughter of Robert Speke Evans, and (1922) Mary Poole. He died at Bowdon, Cheshire, 15 January 1929. Dawkins was a pioneer in the study of
DEE, JOHN (1527 - 1608), mathematician and astronomer of his extant which definitely connects his family with Radnorshire; this is in Peniarth MS 252, and it is in Dee's autograph, addressed to his 'Cosen Nicholas ap Meredith at Prestene,' and containing allusions to 'cosens' William, Thomas, and John Lewis - the last-named being the John Lewis of Llynwene, Llanfihangel Nant Melan, Radnorshire, whose collection of papers forms the manuscript in
DEVEREUX family Lamphey, Ystrad Ffin, Vaynor, Nantariba, Pencoyd, , November 1575 - July 1576) until his death after returning to Ireland as earl marshal, 1576, when his remains were brought back for burial to his birthplace. The marriage of his daughter Dorothy to Sir Thomas Perrot (see Perrot family) healed an old feud between the two leading houses of Pembrokeshire and increased Devereux influence there; with her second marriage to Henry Percy, son of the earl of
DILLWYN family scientific interests, and was elected F.R.S. in 1836; he collaborated with Wheatstone in his work on the electric telegraph, and with Fox Talbot (a connection by marriage) he made important improvements in photography; he was also a sedulous botanist. He died 24 August 1882. He had married Emma, daughter of Thomas Mansel Talbot of Margam (see articles Mansel and Talbot).Their son Sir JOHN TALBOT DILLWYN
DILLWYN, ELIZABETH AMY (1845 - 1935), novelist, industrialist and feminist campaigner set to follow that of other wealthy debutantes. She was presented to society at a Royal Drawing Room in 1863 where the grieving Queen Victoria was represented by her daughter, the Crown Princess of Prussia. Though briefly engaged, Dillwyn never married. Her fiancé, Llewelyn Thomas of Llwyn Madoc, died in February 1864 shortly before their wedding, relieving her of the prospect of a marriage without
DINELY, THOMAS (d. 1695), traveller son and heir of Thomas Dingley of the Southampton neighbourhood; he was educated at a school kept by the poet Shirley, and joined Gray's Inn in 1670. As a companion to ambassadors and other magnates, he travelled in the Low Countries, France, and Ireland, and in each case wrote a detailed account of his journey, illustrated by drawings of his own. We need here specify only the Account of the
DINGLEY, THOMAS - see DINELEY, THOMAS
DODD, CHARLES HAROLD (1884 - 1973), biblical scholar Jesus of history. His belief in the fundamental trustworthiness of the historical traditions found in the gospels is demonstrated in his last published work, The Founder of Christianity (1970), which was based on his Sir D.Owen Evans Lectures delivered at UCW Aberystwyth sixteen years previously. Dodd's influence was great also in relation to the attempt by a number of scholars from the sixties of the
DOLBEN family Segrwyd, (1648) and took refuge (c. 1653-5) at Gwydir, Llanrwst, where his mother's sister Grace and her husband Sir Owen Wynn employed him as agent and his kinsman Sir Thomas Myddelton the Roundhead general lent him money. Secretly ordained at Oxford in 1656, he obtained preferment after the Restoration, becoming dean of Westminster (1662), bishop of Rochester (1666), and archbishop of York (1683). He had a
DONALDSON, JESSIE (1799 - 1889), teacher and anti-slavery activist Jessie Donaldson was born on 18 February 1799 in Ware, Hertfordshire, the daughter of Samuel Heineken (1768-1856), a London lawyer, and his wife Jannet. She was baptised on 11 April at the Old Presbyterian Meeting House in Swan Yard, Ware. Later the family moved first to Bristol, then to Swansea where they made their home in Dynevor Place. From 1829 she and her sister, Mary Ann, ran a school for

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