Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAFYDD BENFRAS (fl. 1230-1260), poet His father's name was Llywarch, and his home was in Anglesey. He wrote eulogies to Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, and an elegy upon his death in 1240. Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (1244) and Dafydd ap Llywelyn (1246) were also the subjects of elegies by Dafydd Benfras. Soon after Llywelyn ap Gruffydd had started on his campaign against his brother Owain in 1255 and against the English of the Middle Country in
DAFYDD COWPER (GOWPER) (fl. c. 1500), poet His poems are preserved in Peniarth MS 76, Peniarth MS 312, Llanstephan MS 118, Cardiff MS. 7, Cardiff MS. 49, B.M. Add. MS. 14997, and NLW MS 728D. Among them is a cywydd which John Puleston the elder ('Sion pilstwn hen') of Bersham caused to be written to John, abbot of Valle Crucis, and an englyn to the steeple of Wrexham church, 1507.
DAFYDD GORLECH (1410? - 1490?), writer of cywyddau brud (vaticinations) Chepstow (see G.G.G., 342). The poet is old and asks for protection. Couplets in the cywydd beginning 'Y brud hen wyd yn bratau' suggest that Dafydd Gorlech survived Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn ap Gruffydd. His cywyddau contain references to prophecies attributed to Myrddin, Taliesin, and Y Bardd Glas.
DAFYDD WILIAM PYRS (or PRYS) (fl. c. 1660), poet A native, it is said, of Cynwyd, Meironnydd. No details regarding his life are known, but at least two of his poems in free metres remain. One is entitled 'Hanes yr hen ŵr o'r coed,' and the other, in the form of a dialogue between two sisters, has alternate stanzas by Mathew Owen of Llangar and himself. Avoid confusing him with Dafydd Emlyn (Dafydd William Prys), fl. 1603-1622
DAFYDD, OWEN (1751 - 1814?), rustic poet and ballad-writer divinity of Christ - Cân yn dangos fod Crist yn Dduw, etc. (Voss, 1806, and several later editions). This poem had no small significance in the dispute between the Unitarians and the Trinitarians at the beginning of the 19th century. Cynhyrchion Barddonol yr Hen Felinydd Owen Dafydd Cwmaman was published at Ystalyfera in 1904.
DANIEL ap LLOSGWRN MEW, poet An elegiac awdl on Owain Gwynedd is attributed to him in Hendreg. MS. 21ab and The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, 193a. The 'Red Book of Hergest,' col. 1401, attributes to him an elegy in the form of a chain of englynion on Gruffudd ap Cynan ab Owain Gwynedd (died 1200), which appears in Hendreg. MS. 113b and in The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, 204b, as the work of Llywarch ab Llywelyn
DAVIES, ANEIRIN TALFAN (1909 - 1980), poet, literary critic, broadcaster and publisher memory of his son, which are in his collection Diannerch Erchwyn a Cherddi Eraill, 'Nadolig 1970' and the second part of the short poem, 'Hen ac Ifanc', where Owen is described as 'Hoywlanc lluniaidd a llawen' ('a handsome, joyous and spritely lad'). To celebrate and preserve the 'good inheritance' he edited and wrote numerous volumes, such as Gwŷr Llên (1948), a collection of critical essays on the
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, 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 JACOB (1916 - 1974), minister, author and broadcaster Welsh Unitarian Chapel in the town, yr Hen Dŷ Cwrdd ('the Old Meeting House'). The family lived at 2 Tudor Terrace on the Gadlys. He worked closely with Lilian Davies, a Welsh teacher at the Girls' Grammar School and member at yr Hen Dŷ Cwrdd, to establish a Welsh-medium school in Aberdare, and the school was opened at Cwmdare in 1949. He established the Carw Coch literary society in the town and at
DAVIES, DAVID TEGFAN (1883 - 1968), Congregational minister in gypsies, with whom he made friends. His published works- O ganol shir Gâr, Cyn dringo'r Mynydd Du, Rhamantwr y De and Cyffro'r hen goffrau -abound in old Carmarthenshire phrases, old beliefs and rural amusements, and reveal his vivid imagination and story-telling gifts. He was a well-received evangelical preacher but he gave most of his attention to pastoral duties. He travelled much on the
DAVIES, EDWARD TEGLA (1880 - 1967), minister (Meth.) and writer Born 31 May 1880 at Hen Giât, Llandegla, Denbighshire, fourth of the six children of William and Mary Ann Davies. His father was a quarryman, who was badly injured in Moel Faen quarry but continued to work there and subsequently in Mwynglawdd chalk quarry, to ward off destitution. In 1893 the family moved to Pentre'r Bais (Gwynfryn) and in 1896 to Bwlch-gwyn. When he was 14 years old Edward

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