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DAVIES, DAVID (Dai'r Cantwr; 1812? - 1874), Rebecca rioter Philadelphia Baptist church. In the threnody (B. B. Thomas, Baledi Morgannwg, 56-8) which he wrote in Carmarthen prison, after his sentence to transportation, he speaks of living, also, at Troedrhiw'r-clawdd and Tredegar. He may have been the David Davies of Bridgend who won the harp at the Cymreigyddion eisteddfod at Abergavenny in 1838. He explained his sobriquet to the Tasmanian authorities by the
DAVIES, DAVID (1810 - 1875), musician he lived at Ty'n-y-fawnog, Llanfair-caereinion, Montgomeryshire, but was tenant of land belonging to a small farm called Cyddoleu. As there was only a small meadow between this place and the river Rhiw, it was also known as Glan-yr-afon. It was here, in a cowshed, that he composed the popular hymn-tune ' Glan'rafon,' which is still constantly sung by Welsh congregations. The air was first
DAVIES, DAVID EMRYS (1904 - 1975), cricketer and cricket umpire Emrys Davies was born at Sandy, Llanelli on 27 June, 1904, the son of Thomas Davies, a tin-worker, and his wife Mary. He was educated at Pentip Anglican School, Sandy, Llanelli. He married Gertrude Moody in 1927, and they had a son, Peter, who won a Rugby Blue at Cambridge University and captained the Glamorgan Seconds in the 1950s. Emrys Davies was, together with Dai Davies, one of the first two
DAVIES, DAVID JAMES (1893 - 1956), economist Born 2 June 1893 at Cefnmwng, a small cottage near Carmel, Carmarthenshire, the 3rd child of Thomas Davies, miner, and Ellen (née Williams). After attending local schools, he worked in several collieries and at Barry Dock (1907-12). In the meantime he continued his education in evening classes and through correspondence courses. In 1912 he emigrated to the U.S.A. and Canada where he worked in the
DAVIES, DAVID JAMES LLEWELFRYN (1903 - 1981), academic lawyer services to legal education. In 1952 Llewelfryn married Mary Thomas (1915-2013), daughter of Lewis Thomas and the sister of Amy Parry-Williams. They had one daughter, Lynn, and two sons, Huw and Tomos. Mary played an important part in fostering the atmosphere of the Department during her husband's tenure as Head. This atmosphere was marked by openness and support, both for students and for the young
DAVIES, DAVID LLOYD (Dewi Glan Peryddon; 1830 - 1881), poet, singer, etc.
DAVIES, DAVID REES (Cledlyn; 1875 - 1964), schoolmaster, poet, writer, local historian D.J. de Lloyd the music, of Forty Welsh traditional tunes (1929). He contributed regularly to The Welsh Gazette over a period of about 60 years, and also to Yr Ymofynnydd, Y Genhinen and The Western Mail (see Glyn Lewis Jones, A bibliography of Cardiganshire, 1600-1964, (1967) and the Supplement, 1964-8 (1970) for a bibliography of much of his work). When he was 88 years old he published Chwedlau ac
DAVIES, Sir DAVID SAUNDERS (1852 - 1934), M.P. Born 11 May 1852, knighted 1918, M.P. for the Denbigh division 1918-22; a business man in Manchester. He married in 1886 Jane Emily, daughter of Thomas Gee, and eventually became proprietor of Baner ac Amserau Cymru. He died 28 February 1934.
DAVIES, DAVID STEPHEN (1841 - 1898), preacher, temperance reformer, man of letters, and colonist , penniless. It was rumoured in the U.S.A. that they had all been drowned, and a memorial service was held for D. S. Davies, and obituary notices were published. Four months later he returned from the colony to Wales and, in 1875, was invited to become minister of Ebenezer, Bangor, in succession to Robert Thomas (Ap Vychan, 1809 - 1880). He went to New York to fetch his family and there arranged for a third
DAVIES, DAVID THOMAS (1876 - 1962), dramatist Born 24 August 1876 at Nant-y-moel, Llandyfodwg, Glamorganshire, son of Thomas Davies and his wife Martha (née Thomas). He was educated at Gelli, Ystrad, Rhondda valley, and Thomas James's school, Llandysul, Cardiganshire. His father intended him for the ministry, but after graduating at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, in 1903, he became a teacher in the Central Foundation School
DAVIES, DAVID THOMAS FFRANGCON (1855 - 1918), singer
DAVIES, THOMAS (1512? - 1573), bishop of St Asaph soon after graduation began accumulating sinecure benefices in the dioceses of Bangor and S. Asaph. He probably lived at Oxford till 1537, then at Cambridge, where he took his LL.D. from S. John's in 1548. It is unlikely that he was the Thomas Davies who became archdeacon of St Asaph in 1539-40 but was deprived during the drive against married clergy in 1554, since the future bishop kept all his

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