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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, IFOR (1910 - 1982), Labour politician He was born on 9 June 1910, the son of Jeffrey Davies, a lay preacher with the Welsh Independents and church secretary, and Elizabeth Jane Davies his wife. He was educated at Gowerton Grammar School, Swansea Technical College and Ruskin College, Oxford where he gained the Oxford Diploma in Economics and Politics. He remained especially interested in adult education throughout his life. He earned
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
DAVIES, JAMES (1767? - 1860), Baptist minister . Ffynnonhenry clinging to its Calvinism while Rhydargaeau became a General Baptist church under Davies's pastorate. He was still, however, a Trinitarian, with no Arian tendencies - we find him welcoming the advent of the Welsh Wesleyan mission to west Wales and preaching, along with Moses Williams (died 1819), to the Welsh Wesleyans at Carmarthen in 1806 (A History of Carmarthenshire, ii, 253). It was
DAVIES, JAMES EIRIAN (1918 - 1998), poet and minister their families in Glamorganshire. The last years of his life were spent in a residential home in Ffairfach, near Llandeilo, where he died on 5 July 1998. The funeral took place on 11 July and his ashes were dispersed in the pool where his brother drowned. A plaque was placed to remember him at the chapel in Nantgaredig in 2004, and his colleague, the Reverend W. I. Cynwil Williams delivered a
DAVIES, JAMES KITCHENER (1902 - 1952), poet, dramatist and nationalist the image and life of a preacher. It was as one of the advocates of Plaid Cymru that he came into prominence. He was a masterly and influential speaker, with the gift to arouse people. He canvassed and held open-air meetings (often in the company of the inspired Morris Williams, and his wife Kate (Roberts), who lived for a while in the same street). He stood as a candidate for the county council
DAVIES, JENNIE EIRIAN (1925 - 1982), journalist Jennie Howells was born on 6 February 1925, one of six children of Jane and David Howells, Waunrhelfa, Llanpumsaint, Carmarthenshire. Two of her brothers, Richard and Dewi, and a sister Mary died young of tuberculosis. Jennie was educated at Llanpumsaint Elementary School, Carmarthen County School for Girls and the University of Wales, Aberystwyth where she gained first class honours in Welsh
DAVIES, JOHN (1795 - 1861), cleric and philosopher Born December 1795 at Llanddewi-brefi, son of John and Jane Davies of Hendre Phylip - a wealthy family; pupil of Eliezer Williams at Lampeter; proceeded to Queens' College, Cambridge, 1820 (B.D. 1831, D.D. 1844). He was ordained at Norwich, becoming rector of S. Pancras, Chichester, and in 1840, of Gateshead, Durham, and master of King James's Hospital, Durham; in 1853 he became honorary canon of

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