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DAVIES, ALUN (1916 - 1980), historian Hywel Davies. Elwyn and Nan were born at Plasmarl, Swansea, but Alun was born after the family had moved first o Pontardulais and thence to Llandysul. Two other sons died in babyhood and they were buried in the family plot at Bwlchnewydd, Carmarthenshire. Sarah Davies survived until 1965, outliving her son Hywel. Another grave was opened at Bwlchnewydd for Nan and for Alun's ashes. Alun Davies
DAVIES, ALUN HERBERT (CREUNANT) (1927 - 2005), the first director of the Welsh Books Council Alun Herbert Davies was born on 31 May 1927 in Llansamlet, Glamorgan (he adopted the name Creunant later), the only son of the Reverend Thomas Herbert (Creunant) Davies and Hannah Davies (née Thomas). The family moved to Pumsaint in Carmarthenshire in 1936 and Alun received his secondary education in Llandovery. Following the untimely death of his father, he continued his education at Trinity
DAVIES, ALUN WYNNE GRIFFITHS (1924 - 1988), musician and critic Alun Davies was born 6 January 1924 in Llandybïe, Carmarthenshire, the son of William and Emily Davies. When he was three the family moved to a milk business in Tooting and he was raised in London. His interest in music was fostered by the musical activities of the Welsh Independent chapel at Radnor Walk which his family attended, but as his father died when he was twelve he was unable to pursue
DAVIES, ANEIRIN TALFAN (1909 - 1980), poet, literary critic, broadcaster and publisher was two years old, the family moved to Gorseinon near Swansea, where William Talfan Davies was appointed minister of the Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Libanus. Aneirin attended Gowerton Grammar School, but left school at the age of 14 to begin an apprenticeship as a pharmacist, initially in Gorseinon, and then at a pharmacy in Temple Street, Swansea, before moving to London to complete his
DAVIES, ANNIE (1910 - 1970), radio and television producer Born 16 June 1910, in Llwyngwinau House, Tregaron, third of the six children of David and Elizabeth Davies. The family kept a butcher's shop in Tregaron at the time, but when she was about a year old they moved to farm Cefngwyddil in the parish of Llanbadarn Odwyn, and in 1919 to farm Pontargamddwr in the parish of Caron-is-clawdd. She was educated at Castell Fflemish elementary school from 1915
DAVIES, BENJAMIN (1858 - 1943), singer Born 6 January 1858 at Pontardawe, Glamorgan - the family moved later to Cwmbwrla near Swansea - son of John and Hannah Davies. He won his first prize as a singer at the age of five. He sang alto in ' Côr Caradog ' and won several prizes in eisteddfodau. In 1878 he won a scholarship which took him to the Royal Academy of Music where he gained several medals and became F.R.A.M. Appointed chief
DAVIES, BRYAN MARTIN (1933 - 2015), teacher and poet Siân were born. This area, on the border with England, was his home until his last few years, when he moved to Ystradowen in the Vale of Glamorgan to be closer to his family. In the Wrexham area, over the years, he enjoyed the company of cultured local Welsh speakers such as the poet Euros Bowen, and his neighbour in Ruabon, the former coal-mine manager and politician Tom Ellis. He was also one of
DAVIES, CASSIE JANE (1898 - 1988), educator and Welsh nationalist voice, as well as a fiery temper. Her mother, Mari, was a milder character and a talented storyteller and rhymester. Cae Tudur was always a home full of humour and fun, and the family themselves created all of the entertainment, a fact which is emphasised in Cassie's autobiography, Hwb i'r Galon. She formed a quartet with her brothers and sisters, under the watchful guidance of their father, which
DAVIES, CLEMENT EDWARD (1884 - 1962), politician took up a post as law lecturer in Aberystwyth in 1908-09 before he was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn. Davies joined the North Wales circuit in 1909 and transferred, within a year, to the Northern circuit. He was a successful lawyer and published, under the influence of his family background, books on agricultural law and on the law of auctions and auctioneers. At the beginning of World War I
DAVIES, DAFYDD GWILYM (1922 - 2017), minister, lecturer and Baptist College Principal Dafydd G. Davies was born on 1 July 1922 at Prysgol, Four Crosses, Pwllheli, the only child of John Clement Davies (1896-1982), a Baptist minister, and his wife Gwen Ellen (née Griffith, 1894-1970), a Welsh teacher. The family moved in 1922 when his father became minister of Graig Baptist Church in Newcastle Emlyn, and Dafydd was brought up there. He was educated at Adpar Primary School
DAVIES, Sir DANIEL THOMAS (1899 - 1966), physician serum in the treatment of pneumonia. His article on ' Gastric secretions of old age ' which he published in conjunction with Lloyd James is considered a classic. He published several medical books, including a standard work on pneumonia and books on peptic ulcers and anaemia. He was a Fellow of the Royal Medical Society. In 1938 he became physician to the royal family. He was physician to King George
DAVIES, DAVID (1741 - 1819), author was able to compile tables of the income and expenditure of representative families in different parts of the country (among these tables were those of three families in the parishes of Llandegla and Llanarmon, Denbighshire, and two families in the parishes of Llanfor and Llanycil, Meirionethshire). He was thus a pioneer in the collection of material for the construction of family budgets. The

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