Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, HENRY (1696? - 1766), Independent minister Born it is said in Carmarthenshire, of a fairly well-to-do family; there are indications in his letters that he had relatives in Brecknock, possibly near Erwood; his handwriting and his correct English imply a good early education, and according to the Wilson MSS. in Dr. Williams's library he was at Carmarthen under William Evans. He was ordained (c. 1718) minister of Blaen Gwrach in the Vale of
DAVIES, HOWEL (c. 1716 - 1770), Methodist cleric
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, 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, JOHN (c. 1567 - 1644), one of the greatest of Welsh scholars
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 (1625 - 1693), translator May 1646. He afterwards travelled in France, learnt the language well, and after returning to London (c. 1652) devoted himself to the task of translating books on behalf of booksellers. These translations, nearly all of works in French, are numerous - the D.N.B. lists over thirty of them, the British Museum catalogue over thirty, whilst the National Library of Wales has at least twelve. In date they
DAVIES, JOHN (c. 1750 - 1821), Methodist cleric
DAVIES, JOHN (1700? - 1792), cleric Rowland's sermons, 1772, and, later, three others, 1774. The only entry in Foster which seems at all likely to tally with the above statement on Davies's education would make him son of John Davies of Trawsfynydd, Meironnydd, fix his birth at c. 1700, and date his graduation at 1723.
DAVIES, JOHN (1795 - 1861), cleric and philosopher Durham cathedral; he retired in 1860 and died 21 October 1861 at Ilkeley Wells, Yorkshire Davies was a prolific author, his best-known works being (a) Essay on the Old and New Testaments, 1843; (b) The Ordinances of Religion; (c) First Impressions - a description of Swiss and French Scenery; (d) The Cultivation of the Mind; and, his greatest and most important, (e) The Estimate of the Human Mind, 1828
DAVIES, JOHN (Taliesin Hiraethog; 1841 - 1894), farmer and poet to C. S. Mainwaring of Llaethwryd, Cerrig-y-drudion. He then married and went to farm Shotton farm, Flintshire, but his wife and only son died there. He married again and moved to a small farm, Pen-y-palmant, the Green, near Denbigh. A daughter, Alwen, was born of this marriage. John Davies had never been strong, and when Alwen, then 17 years of age, was buried, 27 November 1891, his health broke
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

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