Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, GRACE GWYNEDDON (1878 - 1944), singer and folk-song collector Bard, his translation of Ellis Wynne's Gweledigaetheu y Bardd Cwsc; the translation was re-published in a popular edition in 1909. He was also a regular contributor to the newspapers Y Genedl Gymreig and the North Wales Observer. The couple were married in Charing Cross chapel, London (where Grace had been a member during her time in London) on 14 April 1909. Because of the groom's eminence as a
DAVIES, GWILYM (1879 - 1955), minister (B), promoter of international understanding, founder of the annual Goodwill Message from the Youth of Wales Association, 1943-46. He was appointed a C.B.E. in 1948, and the university of Wales conferred an honorary degree of LL.D. upon him in 1954. He suffered from ill-health ever since his student days. He spent much of his life in Cardiff and Geneva, and his work took him to all parts of the world. On 24 January 1942 he married (2) Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Dolgellau (the second woman to be appointed an inspector
DAVIES, JOHN GLYN (1870 - 1953), scholar, songwriter and poet (1892-95), with Henry Tate and Sons (1895-96) and then with the Mines Corporation of New Zealand (1896-98). After returning home (via the U.S.A.) he was persuaded by Thomas Edward Ellis and others to bring together a Welsh library at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, which could later form the nucleus of a National Library of Wales. He commenced the task at Aberystwyth in 1899, but after
DAVIES, JOHN GWYNORO (1855 - 1935), Calvinistic Methodist minister College. At Aberystwyth he shared lodgings with (Sir) Owen M. Edwards, who introduced him to T. E. Ellis and obtained for him his first pastorate, at Llanuwchllyn. In 1887 he became minister of Caersalem, Barmouth, where he remained until his death. An ardent Radical, and a patriotic Welshman, he was more interested in public affairs, especially education, than in denominational matters. For seventeen
DAVIES, JOHN HUMPHREYS (1871 - 1926), bibliographer, man of letters, and educationist a J.P. for the county of Cardigan, and treasurer of the General Assembly of the Calvinistic Methodist connexion before he was 30. His interest in Welsh life and literature was developed by his association at Oxford with O. M. Edwards and subsequently with T. E. Ellis, who became his brother-in-law. In 1905 he was appointed registrar of the University College of Wales, succeeding in 1919 to the
DAVIES, OWEN (1840 - 1929), Baptist minister Llangollen, being one of the first six students. He was pastor at Holywell (1865), Llangollen (1867), and Caernarvon (1876). At Caernarvon he succeeded Robert Ellis (Cynddelw, 1810 - 1875). He retired in 1905. From 1892 to 1895 he was secretary to the North Wales Baptist College, Bangor, and from 1895 to 1915 lecturer on homiletics and pastoral theology on the college staff. He was the first secretary of
DAVIES, ROBERT (1790 - 1841), Calvinistic Methodist elder noticed; ANNIE JANE (1873 - 1942) married (1) Thomas Edward Ellis and (2) the Rev. Peter Hughes Griffiths; WALTER ERNEST LLEWELLYN (1874 - 1941) was a physician; and ELIZA (Lily) (1876 - 1939) married J. E. Hughes (1865 - 1932).
DAVIES, THOMAS ELLIS JONES - see JONES-DAVIES, THOMAS ELLIS
DAVIES, WILFRED MITFORD (1895 - 1966), artist ' became very popular; they appeared in Breton in 1936. He worked widely for Welsh publishers, illustrating volumes by Daniel Owen, E. Tegla Davies, Meuryn, John Ellis Williams and many others, and he was a cartoonist for Welsh newspapers and periodicals. Apart from his commercial work, he was a noted artist in oils and watercolour, and his canvases, many of Anglesey and Snowdonia, are found in homes
DAVIES, WILLIAM (d. 1593), Roman Catholic missioner and martyr , were Frs. William Robins, Caernarvon (ordained from Valladolid, 1602) and possibly Robert Edmonds of Denbighshire (born 1583, admitted to Valladolid 1603, believed to have died in the Gatehouse 1615). Fr. Davies is described by Gwilym Pue as ' Syr William, seren ei wlad,' and by T. P. Ellis as 'one of the most appealing of all the Welsh martyrs.'
DAVIES, WILLIAM ANTHONY (1886 - 1962), journalist , Llanelli, and in 1903 he began to keep a diary in short-hand, a practice he retained throughout his life. He was ' Llyn y Fan ' in the prose medal competition at the Llanelli national eisteddfod in 1962, when he was encouraged to publish the diary which he submitted. Selections, edited by J. Ellis Williams, appeared under the title Berw Bywyd in 1968. The original diaries were destroyed. In 1905 he moved
EAMES, WILLIAM (1874 - 1958), journalist Hughes, the sister of Howel Harris Hughes and the author of Llyfr prydiau bwyd (1932). As ' Megan Ellis ', she was the editor of the women's pages in Y Ford Gron and she also broadcast from Bangor and Cardiff. Together, they wrote a novel, Melin y ddôl (1948). William Eames died at Colwyn Bay on 29 September 1958; his wife had died at Cardiff on 23 June 1955.

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