Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAFYDD ap HYWEL GRYTHOR, a player on the crwth
DAFYDD AP LLEWELYN AP HYWEL - see DAFYDD GAM
DAFYDD ap MAREDUDD ap TUDUR (fl. 1460) Tregynon, poets His compositions include eulogies of Hywel Colunwy (not of Hywel ap Siencyn), Dafydd Deuddwr, Watcyn ap Tomas ap Rhoser, Dafydd ap Gruffudd Deuddwr (Peniarth MS 64, f.243), and Dafydd ab Owain, abbot of Strata Marcella, and poems of a religious nature. It appears from the contents of 'Tebic ywr byd kyngyd kaeth' that towards the end of his life he became blind.
DAFYDD GAM (d. 1415), Welsh warrior was the son of Llywelyn ap Hywel Fychan, a Brecknock landowner of the stock of Einon Sais, whose castle stood at Pen-pont on the river Usk. His byname signified that he squinted or had lost an eye. Tradition averred that he fled from his homeland after killing his relative, Richard of Slwch, in the High Street of Brecon. He first appears, as a king's esquire, in April 1400; in this capacity he
DAFYDD LLWYD ap DAFYDD ab EINION ap HYWEL (d. before 1469), prominent figure in Cydewain and a generous patron of the 15th century bards He traced his ancestry to Elstan Glodrydd; one of his forebears migrated from Cefnllys to Mochdre, and his father settled at Newtown. His praises were sung by Lewis Glyn Cothi, Llawdden, and Guto'r Glyn, who laid stress on the wealth of his entertainment and on his generosity towards the bards. It appears that Hywel Swrdwal was his household bard, and that he died shortly before his patron. His
DAFYDD TREFOR Syr (d. 1528?), cleric and bard Born in the parish of Llanddeiniolen, Caernarfonshire, according to a statement by John Jones (Myrddin Fardd) in Cwrtmawr MS 561C. In one of his poems, 'Cywydd i ofyn geifr,' he speaks of Morgan ap Hywel, Llanddeiniolen, as his uncle. A summarized account by Irene George (Lloyd-Williams) giving particulars about the bard's history and his poems appears in Transactions of the Anglesey Antiquarian
DAVID ab OWEN (d. 1512), abbot and bishop scholarship and learning. See poems by Bedo Brwynllys, Dafydd Amharedudd ap Tudur, Gruffudd ap Llywelyn Fychan (2), Guto'r Glyn, Hywel Rheinallt, Ieuan ap Tudur Penllyn, Ieuan Deulwyn, Ieuan Llwyd Brydydd, Lewis Môn (2), Owain ap Llywelyn Moel, Rhys Pennardd, Tudur Aled (9), and William Egwad.
DAVIES, ALUN (1916 - 1980), historian Hywel Davies. Elwyn and Nan were born at Plasmarl, Swansea, but Alun was born after the family had moved first o Pontardulais and thence to Llandysul. Two other sons died in babyhood and they were buried in the family plot at Bwlchnewydd, Carmarthenshire. Sarah Davies survived until 1965, outliving her son Hywel. Another grave was opened at Bwlchnewydd for Nan and for Alun's ashes. Alun Davies
DAVIES, ANEIRIN TALFAN (1909 - 1980), poet, literary critic, broadcaster and publisher these are Yr Alltud (1944), an introduction to the work of James Joyce, Y Tir Diffaith (1946), a study of T. S. Eliot, and Eliot is discussed further in Eliot, Pwshcin, Poe (1948). He came to realize that Wales has a rich literary and Christian heritage, which he called 'yr etifeddiaeth dda' ('the good inheritance'), in a chapter in his book Munudau gyda'r beirdd (1954) and in a complete volume, Yr
DAVIES, BEN (1878 - 1958), Independent minister , near Carmarthen who were in the lineage of Samuel Bowen, Macclesfield (1799 - 1877. They had one daughter, Arianwen, and three sons, Elwyn, Alun and Hywel. He began his ministry in the churches of Siloh, Pontardulais, and Hen Gapel, Llanelli. In 1907 he went to Hermon, Plas-marl, Swansea and remained there until 1914. He served in Seion, Llandysul from 1914 to 1924. He moved to Capel Newydd
DAVIES, BRYAN MARTIN (1933 - 2015), teacher and poet the future of Wales's culture only seemed to intensify his love for it. He transferred his passion to the two poets to whom he was a mentor, Elin ap Hywel and the present author, who were both pupils of his at different times at Yale College. His literary reticence and social reclusiveness in his last thirty years were regretted by his many friends. Looking back at his life in his final years, he
DAVIES, DAVID (1791 - 1864), Independent minister and Academy tutor Born at Cilfforch (Aberayron) in February 1791. He was a member of Neuadd-lwyd church and was educated first at Castell Hywel and then at Carmarthen (1807-11). He was ordained in 1813 as assistant at Pendref, Caernarvon, to John Griffiths (1752 - 1818), but in 1814 accepted a call to Pant Teg and Peniel churches near Carmarthen, where he remained until his death. He married Anne, daughter of

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