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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 Grace Elizabeth Roberts was born on 26 November 1878 at 'Larkfield' in Anfield, Liverpool, the eldest daughter of Lewis Roberts, a timber merchant, and his wife Anne (Annie, née Williams). Her father was born in Liverpool but his roots were in Anglesey, and her mother hailed from Llannerch-y-medd. Grace showed early aptitude for music. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, gaining
DAVIES, GRIFFITH (1788 - 1855), actuary Born 5 December 1788 at Ty Croes, Llandwrog, Caernarfonshire, son of Owen David and Mary Williams. Apart from the Sunday school and the Welsh day school at Bryn'rodyn, and two quarters at an English day school at Llanwnda, his early educational advantages were scant. Owing to the hard conditions generally prevailing at the end of the 18th century, he had to find employment at an early age - at
DAVIES, GWENDOLINE ELIZABETH (1882 - 1951), art collector and benefactress supervision of Sir (Henry) Walford Davies, who was also chiefly responsible for the concerts, which culminated in the annual Festivals of Music and Poetry between 1933 and 1938. The sisters were members of the Gregynog Choir that sang on these occasions, and visitors included Elgar, Holst and Vaughan Williams. The National Council of Music for Wales had been to a considerable extent funded by the sisters
DAVIES, GWILYM ELFED (Baron Davies of Penrhys), (1913 - 1992), Labour politician He was born at Tylorstown in the Rhondda valley on 9 October 1913, the son of David Davies, a coalminer and Miriam Elizabeth Williams. He received his education at Tylorstown elementary school. He worked as a coalminer at the Tylorstown colliery, 1928-59. He joined the South Wales Miners Federation in 1929, served as its lodge chair, 1934-40, and its treasurer, 1940-54. He was chairman of the
DAVIES, GWYNNE HENTON (1906 - 1998), Old Testament scholar in Israel'. He began work on a University of Wales postgraduate B.D. but in 1931 was awarded scholarships by the Dr Williams Trust and the Baptist Union of Great Britain to undertake an Oxford B.Litt. degree. The degree was awarded in 1933 for a thesis entitled 'The Covenant in the Old Testament'. He went to Germany to study in Marburg for a time under Karl Budde and Rudolph Bultmann, but returned
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, HUGH (1739 - 1821), cleric and author of Welsh Botanology , Samuel Goodenough, and many others, including William Owen Pughe and David Thomas (Dafydd Ddu Eryri), are preserved in NLW MS 6665C, whilst in NLW MS 2594E, NLW MS 13221E, NLW MS 13222C, NLW MS 13223C, NLW MS 13224B, and NLW MS 14350A, are to be found letters from Davies to Thomas Pennant, John Williams (Treffos, Anglesey), and William Owen Pughe. He sent a note ('Four British Lichens') to the second
DAVIES, HUGH THOMAS (1881 - 1969), musician, writer, and one of the pioneers of Cymdeithas Cerdd Dant Cymru Born 5 April 1881 at Y Felin Uchaf, Glanconwy, Denbighshire, son of Richard Davies and his wife Eunice (née Williams). He married, 4 September 1909, Margaret, daughter of Griffith R. Jones, minister (B) of Ffordd Las, Glanconwy, and they had five children, all of whom became interested in Welsh traditional cultural activities. As the surveyor for Conwy, H.T. Davies lived for some time in
DAVIES, HUMFFREY (fl. 1600?-64?), poet Sometimes described as sexton and sometimes as parish clerk of Llanbrynmair, Montgomeryshire. It is sometimes said that William Phylip wrote his well-known 'Cywydd y Bedd' after visiting the grave of Wmffre Dafydd at Llanbrynmair; it is possible, however, that the Llanbrynmair bard survived the author of 'Cywydd y Bedd' (who died 1669). Richard Williams (Montgomeryshire worthies) quotes this
DAVIES, JAMES (Iaco ap Dewi; 1648 - 1722), translator, copyist and collector of manuscripts There are two contemporary accounts of his life, one by Moses Williams (1685 - 1742) in his Repertorium Poeticum and the other by Christmas Samuel in the history of Panteg church (NLW MS 12362D). He was born at Llandysul, Cardiganshire, came under the influence of Stephen Hughes, and was a member of the Independent church at Pencader. Some time before 1700 he lost all his property in a fire - he
DAVIES, JAMES (bu farw 1760), Independent minister Maurice); further, they were mixed congregations of Calvinists and Arminians. Davies's senior (Arminian) colleague was Roger Williams (1667 - 1730), who lived at Cefn Arthen (he had been in office since 1698, and upon his death in 1730 the union of Cefn Arthen and Cwm-y-glo came to an end, but not the doctrinal division within both congregations). Davies was not only a Calvinist but belonged to the new

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