Dictionary of Welsh Biography

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, HENRY (1696? - 1766), Independent minister diary of William Thomas (Cylchgrawn Cymdeithas Hanes y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, 1949, 46) it was 28 July - Thomas adds the rather wild statement that he was then 84 years old], at the age of 70; his widow died in 1772, aged 77. A booklet of extracts from a pocket-book of his was published (Llangollen, 1840) by J. Rufus Williams, under the title Hen Lyfr H.D., with a preface, containing useful
DAVIES, JAMES KITCHENER (1902 - 1952), poet, dramatist and nationalist departs to earn her living on the streets; denied the prize in Aberafan eisteddfod in 1932, people thronged to see it. His short play Y tri dyn dierth (1937) was an adaptation of one of Hardy's stories. Susannah (1938) was a one-act play based on the book in the Apocrypha, and Hen wlad fy nhadau (1939) a translation of a play by Jack Jones. Meini gwagedd (1944; 2nd. ed. 1945) is a metrical tragedy about
DAVIES, JOHN (Taliesin Hiraethog; 1841 - 1894), farmer and poet verse and was also rewarded for a novel, ' Y Sesiwn yng Nghymru ' (on the Great Sessions of Wales). His free verse is rather better than his work in the strict metres. His best poems are, perhaps, ' Pryddest Llywarch Hen ' and ' Rhieingerdd Elwy ac Alwen.' He wrote a great deal for the Voelas family (see Wynne of Voelas) and was, at one time, regarded as their household bard.
DAVIES, JOHN (1860 - 1939), Welsh bibliographer and genealogist essay (successful at the National Eisteddfod, Aberystwyth, 1916) on 'Llenorion Sir Aberteifi: braslun o'u hanes a rhestr gyflawn o'u gweithiau cyhoeddedig rhwng 1600 a 1900' (NLW MS 8705D); essays entitled 'Ymchwiliad Hynafiaethol a Thraddodiadol am Ellen Wyn o Ddyffrynllynod ynghyd a Theuly y Wyniaid Plwyf Llandyssul,' 1900, and 'Hen Feirdd Plwyf Llandyssul,'1906 (NLW MS 8710E); 'Casgliad o Enwau
DAVIES, JOHN (1938 - 2015), historian presence as an astute and lively commentator on historical and political issues, even appearing on quiz programmes, bringing freshness and humour to every topic. As a presenter he appeared on series such as History Hunters, ITV Wales and Yr Hen Ogledd ('The Old North') on S4C and Channel 4. Reading remarkably widely, John was always very keen to share his considerable knowledge. His comments were full of
DAVIES, JOHN HUMPHREYS (1871 - 1926), bibliographer, man of letters, and educationist of its county council in 1917. His main hobby was the collection of Welsh books and manuscripts, and in this field he was an authority recognized in the whole of Wales. Amongst his many publications the most important are Hen Ddewiniaid Cymru, 1901; The Letters of Lewis, Richard, William, and John Morris of Anglesey, (vol. I, 1907), (vol. II, 1909); Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd, ii, 1908; A Bibliography
DAVIES, TOM EIRUG (Eirug; 1892 - 1951), Congl. minister, writer and poet ), and chapters on Philip Pugh and his predecessors in Y Cofiadur, 1937, and on the faith of the Congregationalists in Ffyrdd a Ffydd (1945). He edited Y Dysgedydd 1943-51, and his contributions showed him to be an astute thinker and writer on a range of topics. For a period his notes concerned ' Gwernogau ' - his old area in Carmarthenshire These were collected under the title Yr Hen Gwm (1966
DAVIES, WILLIAM (1820 - 1875), Wesleyan minister Wesleyaidd (1866-75), to which latter periodical he regularly contributed over a long period of years a column known as ' Llith yr Hen Wyliedydd.' His chief literary works were Geiriadur Ysgrythyrol, 1857; Agoriad i'r Ysgrythyrau, 1860; Athrawiaeth yr Iawn, 1873; John Bunyan a'i Amserau, 1900 (reprinted from Yr Eurgrawn, 1867). He was the first finance secretary of the North Wales province (1855-60, 1863-6
DAVIES, WILLIAM EDWARDS (1851 - 1927), Cymmrodor and eisteddfodwr Born 8 August 1851 at Dolgelley, the second son (by the first marriage) of William Davies, Wesleyan minister (1820 - 1875). Nothing pleased him more than to sign his writings ' Ap yr Hen Wyliedydd.' Most of his life was spent in London, and his love for Wales was born from his association with the Hon. Society of Cymmrodorion. He was a member of the society, became an officer (in due course), and
EDNYFED FYCHAN, noble family of Gwynedd later princes of Gwynedd were HYWEL (bishop of St Asaph, 1240-7), CYNWRIG, and RHYS (Thomas, A History of the Diocese of St. Asaph, i, 215; Litt. Wall., passim). For Gruffydd ab Ednyfed and his descendants, see under Sir Gruffydd Llwyd (died 1335). From Goronwy ab Ednyfed (died 1268) were descended the ' Tudor's of Penmynydd.' His son, TUDUR HEN (died 1311), and grandson GORONWY AP TUDUR (died 1331
EDWARDS, WILLIAM ROBERT (Glanllafar; 1858 - 1921), Congregational minister, poet, and littérateur Born 19 September 1858 at Tŷ Coch, Parc, Bala, son of Edward Jones Edwards and Annie his wife. He was educated in the local schools and at the Independent College, Bala, under Michael D. Jones. The family were Methodists, but he became a member of Hen Gapel Llanuwchllyn (Congregational) in 1876, and about the same time began to preach. After his ordination at Sardis, Llanwddyn, Montgomeryshire

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