Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, JOHN GWYNORO (1855 - 1935), Calvinistic Methodist minister College. At Aberystwyth he shared lodgings with (Sir) Owen M. Edwards, who introduced him to T. E. Ellis and obtained for him his first pastorate, at Llanuwchllyn. In 1887 he became minister of Caersalem, Barmouth, where he remained until his death. An ardent Radical, and a patriotic Welshman, he was more interested in public affairs, especially education, than in denominational matters. For seventeen
DAVIES, JOHN HUMPHREYS (1871 - 1926), bibliographer, man of letters, and educationist of Welsh Ballads, 1909-11; and his editions of the Life and Opinions of Robert Roberts, 1923, and the Letters of Goronwy Owen, 1924. His knowledge of Welsh public life during the first quarter of the 20th century was unrivalled, and there were few sides of it which he did not touch and adorn. He was one of the founders of the Calvinistic Methodist Historical Society, to the Journal of which he
DAVIES, JOSEPH (? - 1831?), solicitor and founder of the periodical Y Brud a Sylwydd the analysis of Welsh words into primitive elements as taught by William Owen Pughe. The periodical is of interest mainly because of the large number of new Welsh words which the editor coined to meet the needs of the time.
DAVIES, LEWIS (1863 - 1951), novelist, local historian, schoolmaster , Ystorïau Siluria, Bargodion hanes and four adventure novels, Lewsyn yr heliwr, Daff Owen, Y geilwad bach and Wat Emwnt. Many of his works remain unpublished. He married Celia Lewis of Pen-y-pownd, Cwmtaf, in 1886. He died 18 May 1951 and was buried at the Cymer-Afan Cemetery. A memorial tablet was unveiled at Hebron Chapel alongside a similar tablet to his old friend, Sir William Jenkins.
DAVIES, MORRIS (1796 - 1876), author, hymnologist, and musician Born October 1796 (christened 19 October) at Pennant-igi Uchaf ('Pennant Igillt ' in a record of 1761), Mallwyd parish, Meironnydd; his father, a farmer, was of Ffestiniog origin. His earliest education was in short-lived schools at Dinas Mawddwy and Mallwyd, together with the Sunday school. Disliking farm work, he decided to become a schoolmaster and went in 1819 to a school kept by William Owen
DAVIES, MORRIS (Moi Plas; 1891 - 1961), quarryman, local historian and researcher until his retirement in 1956, he worked at the Maenofferen, Oakeley and Llechwedd quarries, Blaenau Ffestiniog. His first act after retiring was to establish a local society to find work and improved living conditions for the injured. It was the Rev. J. Dyfnallt Owen whilst a minister in Trawsfynydd between 1898-1901, who first encouraged him to take an interest in the history of his native district
DAVIES, OWEN (1752 - 1830), Wesleyan Methodist minister Born at Wrexham, a twin son of Owen Davies, tailor. In his youth, he went to London and thence to Brentford, where he became a Wesleyan Methodist and married a Mrs. Hemans, a widow whose son Thomas entered the Methodist ministry. In due course, he returned to London and began to visit the workhouses of the city and to preach. At the request of John Wesley, conveyed to him by Thomas Olivers, he
DAVIES, OWEN (1719 - 1792), Independent minister successful for over twenty years. In 1787 dissension broke out in Glandŵr church, Pembrokeshire, concerning both doctrine and discipline. Some were of the opinion that the minister, John Griffiths (1731 - 1811), was too much of a Calvinist. Seventeen members who showed a tendency to Arminianism were excommunicated by Griffiths. Owen Davies considered the discipline inflicted too severe and indicated that
DAVIES, OWEN (1840 - 1929), Baptist minister Born at Cae Plan, a farm near Pwllheli, 8 October 1840?. His father, Owen Davies, was cousin to David Owen Dewi Wyn o Eifion, (1784 - 1841). Educated at Llanystumdwy and Yokehouse, Pwllheli, he was afterwards apprenticed to a draper in Pwllheli, and at the age of 18 became an assistant in a draper's shop in S. Asaph. While at S. Asaph he began to preach. In 1862 he entered the Baptist College at
DAVIES, OWEN HUMPHREY (Eos Llechid; 1828 - 1898), quarryman, musician, and cleric
DAVIES, OWEN PICTON (1882 - 1970), journalist
DAVIES, RICHARD (1818 - 1896), M.P. out as Liberal candidate for the Caernarvon boroughs at the election of 1852 (full account by Owen Parry in the volume Er Clod, ed. by T. Richards, 1934, 135-50). The seat was an old-established Tory preserve, under the thumb of neighbouring magnates, and Davies was beaten by 93 votes - yet the election was a landmark in the political history of Wales in the 19th century Davies's success was to come

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