Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, GWILYM (1879 - 1955), minister (B), promoter of international understanding, founder of the annual Goodwill Message from the Youth of Wales , and at Rawdon College. There he won the Pegg Scholarship which enabled him to enter Jesus College, Oxford, where he graduated. Whilst at Oxford he edited The Baptist Outlook. In 1906 he was ordained minister at Broadhaven, Pembrokeshire, and the same year he married (1) Annie Margaretta Davies but she died 3 December 1906 and their baby son died four months later; they were buried in Cwmifor (B
DAVIES, GWILYM PRYS (1923 - 2017), lawyer, politician and language campaigner in the House of Lords, Lord Cledwyn Hughes, and Lord Elystan Morgan he was part of a small but powerful team. He kept a close connection with Ireland, north and south, and knew the country's history at his fingertips. The failure of the Referendum vote on 1 March 1979 was a bitter disappointment to him, but he listened to his college friend Jennie Eirian Davies, editor of Y Faner, that a permanent
DAVIES, HUGH (Pencerdd Maelor; 1844 - 1907), musician and Calvinistic Methodist minister Born 1 September 1844 at Garth near Ruabon. He left school when he was 8 years of age and went to work in J. C. Edwards's brickfields, of which, in due course, he became deputy manager. He was taught music by Joseph Owen, schoolmaster of Rhos, who used to come over to hold a class at Acrefair. He worked hard to master the tonic sol-fa notation and obtained the degree of G.T.S.C. He composed some
DAVIES, HUMPHREY (d. 1635), vicar of Darowen, and transcriber of Welsh manuscripts silence of the Welsh poets he did not take a degree. He was vicar of Darowen from 1577 until his death in 1635. He wrote several collections of Welsh poetry, and at least seven of his manuscripts have survived: Gwyneddon 1, Llanstephan MS 35, Llanstephan MS 118, Mostyn 160, Bodewryd MS 1D, B.M. Add. 14933, and Brogyntyn 2. He compiled the latter for Dr. Theodore Price, nephew of his wife Jonet, daughter
DAVIES, JOHN (c. 1567 - 1644), one of the greatest of Welsh scholars his death - at Harlech, according to William Maurice (Cefn-y-braich, Llansilin) - on 15 May 1644. He was buried at Mallwyd on 19 May. His will has been preserved. His published work belongs to the years 1620-1 and 1632-3. The 1620 edition of the Welsh Bible is known as Richard Parry's Bible, but it is thought today that much of the credit for the uniformity and correctness of the language used
DAVIES, JOHN (1760 - 1843), Calvinistic Methodist minister His originality cannot be exemplified here, but there is a short biography by T. Parry (Chester, 1844) which includes Davies's autobiography - see Henry Rees's remarks on it in Y Drysorfa, 1844, 151. Born 1 October 1760 at Glythan Uchaf, Henllan, Denbighshire, his only education was a 'Madam Bevan' school. He was converted in 1778 by a sermon preached by John Evans of Cil-y-cwm (1737? - 1784
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
DAVIES, JOHN (John Davies of Nerquis; 1799? - 1879), Calvinistic Methodist minister than were those of many Methodist ministers before the middle of the 19th century - he favoured the agitation in 1841 for the repeal of the Corn Laws (see Cylchgrawn Rhyddid, 1 January 1842). He died 5 March 1879.
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 CADVAN (Cadvan; 1846 - 1923), Wesleyan minister Born at Llangadfan, Montgomeryshire, 1 October 1846, son of David and Jane Davies. He joined the ministry in 1871 and worked in most of the North Wales circuits as well as in Liverpool. He was president of the Assembly in 1910. He was one of the editors of the Wesleyan hymn-book, 1900, which contains a number of his hymns. Others are found in Llyfr Emynau y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd a Wesleaidd
DAVIES, JOHN DANIEL (1874 - 1948), editor and author composition of hymns, sermons, a catechism for children, and articles on a variety of subjects. His publications include Emynwyr Gwynedd, 1905, Saith Canhwyllbren Aur (sermons), and an account of the Scottish and Campbellite Baptists in Wales, which appeared in the transactions of Cymdeithas Hanes Bedyddwyr Cymru, 1940-1. He edited the Scottish Baptist periodical Yr Ymwelydd for many years. He died 9 April
DAVIES, JOHN GWYNORO (1855 - 1935), Calvinistic Methodist minister years he was chairman of the Barmouth urban council; and served on almost every Welsh public committee. He wrote several articles for Y Gwyddoniadur Cymreig, and was also the author of Flashes from the Welsh Pulpit, to which Thomas Charles Edwards contributed an introduction. He married (1) Mary, daughter of John Jones (Ivon, 1820 - 1898), and (2) Jeannie Mary, daughter of William Watkin, Muriau

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