Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, DAVID (1791 - 1864), Independent minister and Academy tutor one of the chief propagators in South Wales of the views of Edward Williams of Rotherham (1750 - 1813). There is a biography of David Davies, by William Jones of Swansea, 1867.
DAVIES, Sir DAVID (1792 - 1865), physician king William IV and Adelaide. He was knighted by Victoria soon after she ascended the throne. Davies married, on 8th February 1819, Letitia Maria, daughter of John Williams ('yr hen Syr,' 1745/6 - 1818); they had four children - (a) Samuel Price; (b) (Sir) Robert Henry (1824 - 1902), officer in the Indian Civil Service, mainly in the Punjab - from 1871 to 1877 he was governor of that province - he
DAVIES, DAVID (1794 - 1856), Baptist minister and college tutor son of Benjamin Davies (died 1816), first minister of the Baptist church at Haverfordwest. He went to Abergavenny Baptist College in 1818, at the age of 18 (J. Rufus Williams, Hanes Athrofeydd y Bedyddwyr - but Ceitho gives 1794 as the year of his birth). After two years at Abergavenny, he went to Stepney Academy. In 1822 he was ordained assistant pastor at Evesham, later becoming pastor and
DAVIES, DAVID JAMES (1893 - 1956), economist Born 2 June 1893 at Cefnmwng, a small cottage near Carmel, Carmarthenshire, the 3rd child of Thomas Davies, miner, and Ellen (née Williams). After attending local schools, he worked in several collieries and at Barry Dock (1907-12). In the meantime he continued his education in evening classes and through correspondence courses. In 1912 he emigrated to the U.S.A. and Canada where he worked in the
DAVIES, DAVID JAMES LLEWELFRYN (1903 - 1981), academic lawyer services to legal education. In 1952 Llewelfryn married Mary Thomas (1915-2013), daughter of Lewis Thomas and the sister of Amy Parry-Williams. They had one daughter, Lynn, and two sons, Huw and Tomos. Mary played an important part in fostering the atmosphere of the Department during her husband's tenure as Head. This atmosphere was marked by openness and support, both for students and for the young
DAVIES, EDWARD (1796 - 1857), Independent minister and college tutor Born 13 March 1796 at Ashton, Salop, but brought up at Wrexham and educated at a grammar school at Chester; he was a protégé of William Williams of Wern (1781 - 1840), at whose suggestion he began preaching. Entering Llanfyllin Academy, then under George Lewis (1763 - 1822), in 1817, he was appointed student-assistant in 1818 and classical tutor in 1819; he married Lewis's daughter Sara. In 1821
DAVIES, EDWARD (Celtic Davies; 1756 - 1831), cleric and author that what is found in all ancient mythology is the pure patriarchal religion corrupted in the period which came after the Deluge. Although he showed considerable sagacity on occasion, he had no sort of qualification for the interpretation of the old poetry. On the other hand it must be remembered that he was one of the first to doubt the authenticity of what Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg) asserted
DAVIES, EDWARD TEGLA (1880 - 1967), minister (Meth.) and writer , where she died in 1948. He died 9 October 1967, and was buried in Gelli cemetery, Tregarth. Although he never had a Welsh lesson at school nor went to university, he became one of the most prolific writers in Welsh. He benefited from his friendship with Ifor Williams, T. Gwynn Jones, David Thomas (Bangor, 1880 - 1967) and other writers. He was editor of Y Winllan, 1920-28; Yr Efrydydd, 1931-35; and
DAVIES, EDWIN (1859 - 1919), editor and publisher Cardigan, by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, 1907; A Historical Tour through Pembrokeshire, by Richard Fenton, 1903; and An Historical Tour of Monmouthshire, by Archdeacon William Coxe, 1904. He also compiled, edited, and published A General History of the County of Radnor, from the manuscript notes of Jonathan Williams and other sources, 1905, of which R. Mason, of Tenby, had published a much abridged edition
DAVIES, ELIZABETH (1789 - 1860), Crimean nurse Daughter of Dafydd Cadwaladr, born 24 May 1789 and christened 26 May at Llanycil (Bala). All our knowledge of her life comes from the Autobiography of Elizabeth Davis (two vols., 1857), compiled by Jane Williams, Ysgafell, from notes of her conversation. Left by the death of her mother (c. 1795-6) to the care of an elder sister whom she detested, Elizabeth quickly became a rebel. Though taken
DAVIES, ELLIS WILLIAM (1871 - 1939), solicitor and politician Born 12 April 1871 at Gerlan, Bethesda, Caernarfonshire, son of David Davies, a quarry official, and Catherine (Williams), Tyddyn Sabel, Bethesda. He was educated at Carneddi school, Bethesda, Liverpool College and a private school in Liverpool. After six years as a clerk in insurance offices at Wrexham and Sheffield he proceeded to qualify as a solicitor, gaining first-class honours in 1899 and
DAVIES, EMLYN (1907 - 1974), Baptist minister and college professor Emlyn Davies was the youngest of six children born to Edwin and Mary Jane Davies, in Froncysylltau, Denbighshire, on 23 April 1907. He had a brother, John, and four sisters, Annie, Nellie, Sarah, and Alice. His father was a foreman in Trefynant bricks and tiles works in Ruabon. He received his early education in Froncysyllte Council School before progressing to the County School in Llangollen. In

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