Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, BRYAN MARTIN (1933 - 2015), teacher and poet particular: T.H. Parry-Williams and Gwenallt. The work of Gwenallt appealed to him especially, possibly because of their shared background in the industrial communities of south-west Wales, and he chose Gwenallt's work as the subject of his M.A. dissertation. While in Aberystwyth, he began to write poetry seriously, winning the Inter-Collegiate Eisteddfod crown in his final year, 1955. This was followed by
DAVIES, DANIEL JOHN (1885 - 1970), Independent minister and poet competition four times at the national eisteddfod. R. Williams Parry said of his poem Ffynnon Fair that he knew of no one who could write so easily and so effortlessly within the restrictions of cynghanedd. He was second to Gwenallt in the chair competition the year before winning in 1932 for his ode ' Mam ' at the Aberavon National Eisteddfod in a competition of high quality. He adjudicated frequently at
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, GLYNNE GERALLT (1916 - 1968), minister (Congl.) and poet -68. He served his apprenticeship as a poet in 'Pabell Awen', the bardic column of Y Cymro under the tutorship of Dewi Emrys (David Emrys James) and came under the influence of R. Williams Parry at Bangor and Edward Prosser Rhys at Aberystwyth. He won many prizes at eisteddfodau including some at the National Eisteddfod In addition to his service as a caring and loved minister he became known to a
DAVIES, GRACE GWYNEDDON (1878 - 1944), singer and folk-song collector : Alawon Gwerin Môn (Folk-songs of Anglesey, 1914), Ail Gasgliad o Alawon Gwerin Môn (Second Collection of Folk-songs of Anglesey, 1923), and Chwech o Alawon Gwerin Cymreig (Six Welsh Folk-songs, 1933). For the two volumes of Anglesey folk-songs she relied heavily on the singing of Owen Parry of Dwyran, whose voice she recorded on the phonograph. Although she composed her own accompaniments to the songs
DAVIES, JOHN (d. 1694) Nannau,, 'family bard' Parry, parson of Llanelian; he also composed an elegy on the death of king Charles II. Elegies were written after his death by Owen Gruffydd, Llanystumdwy (see O. M. Edwards, Gwaith Owen Gruffydd, 1904; this gives the year of the poet's death as 1694), and Lewis Owen (see Cwrtmawr MS 5B (i-ii)). He was uncle to David Jones (1708? - 1785) of Trefriw; see N.L.W. Jnl., vii, 73-4.
DAVIES, JOHN (1760 - 1843), Calvinistic Methodist minister His originality cannot be exemplified here, but there is a short biography by T. Parry (Chester, 1844) which includes Davies's autobiography - see Henry Rees's remarks on it in Y Drysorfa, 1844, 151. Born 1 October 1760 at Glythan Uchaf, Henllan, Denbighshire, his only education was a 'Madam Bevan' school. He was converted in 1778 by a sermon preached by John Evans of Cil-y-cwm (1737? - 1784
DAVIES, JOHN (c. 1567 - 1644), one of the greatest of Welsh scholars . William Morgan and Richard Parry (1560 - 1623), and in the preface to the dictionary, 1632, he pays tribute to the former as the Gamaliel at whose feet he was brought up. It is generally stated that it was towards the end of 1604, after the death of bishop Morgan, that John Davies became rector of Mallwyd, Meironnydd, but if the dates given in NLW MS 1626C are correct, the appointment was made before
DAVIES, MATTHEW (fl. 1620), politician electoral malpractices of Sir Thomas Parry as chancellor of the duchy. In later Parliaments he sat for English constituencies, at first within the Pembroke sphere of influence in Wiltshire, but he ceased to take any notable part in debates. Having 'deserted' his seat in the Long Parliament, he was 'disabled,' for refusing to attend on summons (15 March 1643). His home was at this time at Shaftesbury, a
DAVIES, NOËLLE (1899 - 1983), littérateur, educationist, and political activist 1931, 'You are creating a new and richer nationalism in Wales, a new Welsh mind, which is not narrowly literary and one-sided, but is fully humanistic and in close touch with reality.' It is an apt description of Noëlle. He thought highly enough of her - along with Professor T. H. Parry-Williams - to obtain her nomination of his candidature for the University of Wales parliamentary election in 1931
DAVIES, OLIVER (fl. c. 1820), harpist Born at Montgomery. He was the principal harpist at the Welshpool eisteddfod in 1824 and in the Cymmrodorion eisteddfod in London, 6 May 1829, when his skill on the pedal harp caused a sensation. He also appeared at the eisteddfod held in London in 1831. In Y Cymmrodor, i, Bardd Alaw (John Parry, 1776 - 1851), writing on the ' Cambrian Pedal Harp,' refers to him as follows: 'This harp will be
DAVIES, RICHARD (1818 - 1896), M.P. out as Liberal candidate for the Caernarvon boroughs at the election of 1852 (full account by Owen Parry in the volume Er Clod, ed. by T. Richards, 1934, 135-50). The seat was an old-established Tory preserve, under the thumb of neighbouring magnates, and Davies was beaten by 93 votes - yet the election was a landmark in the political history of Wales in the 19th century Davies's success was to come

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