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DAVIES, EDWARD TEGLA (1880 - 1967), minister (Meth.) and writer , where she died in 1948. He died 9 October 1967, and was buried in Gelli cemetery, Tregarth. Although he never had a Welsh lesson at school nor went to university, he became one of the most prolific writers in Welsh. He benefited from his friendship with Ifor Williams, T. Gwynn Jones, David Thomas (Bangor, 1880 - 1967) and other writers. He was editor of Y Winllan, 1920-28; Yr Efrydydd, 1931-35; and
DAVIES, ELLIS (1872 - 1962), priest and antiquarian in Yr Haul, Y Llan, Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940 and historical journals. He served as joint editor of Archaeologia Cambrensis for 15 years from 1925 and later as sole editor (1940-48). In 1929 he was elected F.S.A. and in 1959 the University of Wales conferred on him an honorary D.Litt. He married Mary Louisa (died 27 May 1937), daughter of the Reverend David Davies, Llansilin. He
DAVIES, ELLIS WILLIAM (1871 - 1939), solicitor and politician Born 12 April 1871 at Gerlan, Bethesda, Caernarfonshire, son of David Davies, a quarry official, and Catherine (Williams), Tyddyn Sabel, Bethesda. He was educated at Carneddi school, Bethesda, Liverpool College and a private school in Liverpool. After six years as a clerk in insurance offices at Wrexham and Sheffield he proceeded to qualify as a solicitor, gaining first-class honours in 1899 and
DAVIES, EVAN (1694? - 1770), Independent minister and tutor Methodism in its early days, and indeed that in 1737 he invited Howel Harris to Pembrokeshire. Certainly a letter to Howel Harris (Trevecka letter 100, 20 August 1737) by Rees Davies (1694? - 1767), a kinsman of Evan Davies's, shows that Evan Davies was then corresponding with Griffith Jones of Llanddowror. But however that may have been, the wind had turned by 1741, as is shown by a letter of Evan
DAVIES, EVAN (1826 - 1872), educationist ' school movement in South Wales, led by David Rees (1801 - 1869), of Llanelly; and the supporters of that movement, at a series of conferences held in 1845, decided to set up a training college for teachers at Brecon (1846), of which Evan Davies (after a period of training at Borough Road) was appointed principal. In 1849 the college was removed to Swansea, but the collapse of the Voluntaryist movement
DAVIES, GEORGE MAITLAND LLOYD (1880 - 1949), Calvinistic Methodist minister and apostle of peace in the cause of peace -in arbitrating between David Lloyd George and Eamonn de Valera, for example. He was not returned in the following election and in 1926 he was ordained a minister in the Pres. Church of Wales. He was pastor of the churches at Tywyn and Maethlon from 1926 to 1930. He then responded to the appeal for help from the distressed areas of south Wales and spent the following years
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, 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 Born Llandinam, Montgomeryshire, 11 February 1882; her father Edward (1852 - 1898) was the only son of David Davies, ' Top Sawyer ' (1818 - 1890. Her mother Mary, daughter of the Rev. Evan Jones, Trewythen, died in 1888 and three years later Edward married her sister Elizabeth (died 1942). Gwen Davies and her sister Margaret were educated at Highfield School, Hendon, and through foreign travel
DAVIES, GWILYM (1879 - 1955), minister (B), promoter of international understanding, founder of the annual Goodwill Message from the Youth of Wales , who were not always justly treated by their employers. In 1922 he retired from the ministry to devote himself to the cause of international peace. He joined with (Lord) David Davies in creating the Welsh council of the League of Nations Union with its headquarters at Aberystwyth; he was its director, 1922-45. Conferences were held annually (1922-39) at Gregynog on international education until the
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, GWILYM PRYS (1923 - 2017), lawyer, politician and language campaigner a disappointment, but he had the chance to stand in the Carmarthen by-election in July 1966. Plaid Cymru seized the opportunity in a memorable campaign, and to the astonishment of all, their candidate Gwynfor Evans took the seat. Alwyn D. Rees expressed the feeling of all parties: 'The only unfortunate thing about this by-election was that Mr Gwilym Prys Davies had to lose for Gwynfor to win.' But

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