Dictionary of Welsh Biography

COFFIN, WALTER (1784 - 1867), colliery pioneer Born 1784, the second son of Walter Coffin, tanner, of Bridgend, Glamorganshire. While prospecting in the Rhondda valley for bark, he became interested in coal, and in 1806 bought Dinas Rhondda farm, opening a coal level there in 1807, which he connected with Gyfeillon (see Griffiths, Richard) by tramroad, thus enabling his coal to reach the canal at Treforest. In 1810 he took a mining lease on
COOMBES, BERT LEWIS (1893 - 1974), coal miner and writer B. L. Coombes was born on 9 January 1893 in Wolverhampton, the only child of James Coombs Griffiths - then a grocer - and his wife Harriett (née Thompson). He was christened Bertie Louis Coombs Griffiths, but the family subsequently adopted the surname Cumbes or Coombes. Coombes spent most of his childhood in Herefordshire; however, when he was around ten years old, he lived for a period in
DAVID, JOHN (1701? - 1756), Independent minister Cwmllynfell. He is pretty certainly the John David who joined Henry Palmer and Rees Davies, in a letter (Trevecka letter 231) to Howel Harris, 22 March 1740. He died 22 July 1756, and was buried at Manordivy. There is an elegy (printed in the work mentioned below) upon him by Morris Griffiths. A record in the Moravian archives at Haverfordwest speaks in very high terms of John David.
DAVIES, ALUN HERBERT (CREUNANT) (1927 - 2005), the first director of the Welsh Books Council (just eight months after the death of his wife Megan on 20 February 2005). His funeral was held on 31 October at Capel y Morfa and Aberystwyth Crematorium where his ashes were buried. A portrait of him by David Griffiths hangs at the headquarters of the Books Council at Castell Brychan, Aberystwyth.
DAVIES, ALUN WYNNE GRIFFITHS (1924 - 1988), musician and critic
DAVIES, ANEIRIN TALFAN (1909 - 1980), poet, literary critic, broadcaster and publisher Etifeddiaeth Dda (1967). His Welsh prose style was notable for its refined elegance. Aneirin Talfan Davies was also a skilful poet. In 1937 he published a volume of poems jointly with another poet, W. H. Reese (1908-1997) from Blaenau Ffestiniog. William Griffiths, head of the Welsh section of Foyle's bookshop in London, proposed to him that he should publish a collection of his poems, and when Aneirin said
DAVIES, DAFYDD GWILYM (1922 - 2017), minister, lecturer and Baptist College Principal 1950. He then spent the next two years in research on the New Testament at Mansfield College having been selected as one of the Scholars of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1952, before completing his degree, he was ordained minister of Seion, Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf, and Moriah, Pentraeth, in Anglesey. In the same month, he married Kate ('Kitty') Jones (1919-2005), whom he first
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
DAVIES, EVAN (1694? - 1770), Independent minister and tutor Born near Lampeter, went to Hoxton Academy under Thomas Ridgeley and John Eames, F.R.S. He would seem to have kept school at Haverfordwest from 1720, and on 5 June 1723 was ordained minister of Albany church there. In 1741, on the death of Vavasor Griffiths, the ' Welsh Academy ' was moved to Haverfordwest and placed in Davies's charge; but in 1743, when he took the pastorate of the churches at
DAVIES, GRIFFITH (Gwyndaf; 1868 - 1962), poet, tutor of poets and antiquary farm near his birthplace. He married (1) Elin Davies, Bryncaled, and (2) Kate Ann Jones, Bryn Coch, Llanuwchllyn, a descendant of John Jones ('Tudur Llwyd'), Weirglodd Gilfach, a local poet and antiquary. They had one daughter, Megan. Gwyndaf spent the last years of his life at Glan'rafon, a cottage at the foot of Carndochan. He was elected a deacon of Yr Hen Gapel (Congl.), Llanuwchllyn, and was a
DAVIES, GWILYM PRYS (1923 - 2017), lawyer, politician and language campaigner join the Labour Party. Having qualified as a solicitor he joined the company of Morgan, Bruce and Nicholas in Porth and Pontypridd. He got to know the prominent trade unionists of the south Wales coalfield, and was invited to share a stage with Aneurin Bevan in 1959; he also came into contact with Goronwy Roberts, Cledwyn Hughes and most importantly James Griffiths, who regarded him as a son and
DAVIES, IFOR (1910 - 1982), Labour politician listening to classical music. He remained a chapel-goer throughout his life. He married on 15 August 1950 Doreen, the daughter of William Griffiths. They had two children. They lived at Ty Pentwyn, Three Crosses, Gower. Ifor Davies died on 6 June 1982. He was succeeded by Gareth Wardell as the Labour MP for the Gower constituency who was elected in the first by-election to be held in Wales during the

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