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DEWI Saint , founder and abbot-bishop of S. Davids, and patron saint of Wales Rhygyfarch's work; so also is his 'Life' by John of Tynemouth (c. 1290 - 1350). The Welsh 'Life' also is a translation and an adaptation of Rhygyfarch's work: the earliest version is found in 'The Book of the Anchorite of Llanddewi-frefi' (1346). Odes to David were composed by many later poets, e.g. Iolo Goch, Ieuan Rhydderch ap Ieuan Llwyd, Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn, Rhisiart ap Rhys, Lewis Glyn Cothi. In
DAVIES, Sir ALFRED THOMAS (1861 - 1949), the first Permanent Secretary (1907-25) of the Welsh Department of the Board of Education of the Denbighshire County Council and its Education Committee. After his retirement from the Board, though he lived in England, he continued to interest himself in Welsh matters, founding the Ceiriog Memorial Institute at Glyn Ceiriog, and publishing (in addition to numerous pamphlets) two biographical volumes: O.M. (a memoir of Sir Owen M. Edwards; 1946) and The Lloyd George I knew (1948). He was
DAVIES, CATHERINE GLYN (1926 - 2007), historian of philosophy and linguistics, and translator Caryl Davies was born in Trealaw, Glamorgan, on 26 September 1926, the eldest child of the minister William Glyn Jones (1883-1958) and his wife Mabel (née Williams Lloyd, born 1897). They married in 1925 and had a son and two further daughters. After attending Porth county school, Caryl graduated with first-class honours in French in 1946 and later with honours in philosophy from the University
DAVIES, DAVID (Dafi Dafis, Rhydcymerau; 1814 - 1891), Calvinistic Methodist preacher , of Tir-Ifan-Ddu, whose father was step-brother to Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi, 1764 - 1833). He lived from 1860 to the end of his days at Cwmcyfyng, near Capel Isaac, where he died 2 January 1891. Although he had but little schooling, he was interested in languages, and read the Bible daily in the original languages. He was remarkable for his dramatic style of preaching, and his ready retorts
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, DAVID TEGFAN (1883 - 1968), Congregational minister farm servant at Rhyd-y-rhaw, Peniel, and became a member of Peniel (Congregational) church, where he began to preach in August 1903 under the ministry of H.T. Jacob. He attended the Old College School at Carmarthen before going to Bala-Bangor College in 1905. On 13 September 1908 he was ordained minister at Seion, Pontypridd, but moved to Addoldy, Glyn-neath, where he was inducted on 1 January 1911
DAVIES, THOMAS (1512? - 1573), bishop of St Asaph other preferments, including that of chancellor of Bangor cathedral, to which he was appointed in 1546; but he can with greater confidence be identified with the archdeacon of St Asaph of 1558-61. On the death of bishop William Glyn of Bangor in 1558, Davies was made custodian of the 'spiritualia' of the diocese by cardinal Pole, archbishop of Canterbury. Glyn's successor-designate, Morys Clynnog
DAVIES, GEORGE MAITLAND LLOYD (1880 - 1949), Calvinistic Methodist minister and apostle of peace Born 30 April 1880, in Peel Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool, son of John and Gwen Davies. He was christened G.M. Temple Davies; he himself was responsible for changing his name. One of his brothers was John Glyn Davies. His father was a tea-merchant, whose roots were in Cardiganshire and Llyn, his mother was a daughter of John Jones, Talysarn. He was educated at Liverpool and entered the Bank of
DAVIES, J. GLYN - gweler DAVIES, JOHN GLYN
DAVIES, JAMES (Iaco ap Dewi; 1648 - 1722), translator, copyist and collector of manuscripts , e.g. to the well-known library at Pen-y-benglog, Pembrokeshire, to collect his material. The best proof of the importance of his work lies in the fact that he and Samuel Williams have transcribed in Llanstephan MS 133 a large number of poems of which no other copy exists. Iolo Morganwg had learned from his friend Tomos Glyn Cothi something about Iaco ab Dewi's manuscripts, but the claims he makes on
DAVIES, JOHN GLYN (1870 - 1953), scholar, songwriter and poet much labour he became dissatisfied with his terms of employment. In 1907 he was appointed to the staff of the library of the University of Liverpool and later as assistant to Professor Kuno Meyer in the Celtic department of the University. When Meyer retired in 1920, Glyn Davies was appointed head of the department and remained in that post until he retired in 1936; he lived at Mostyn and Denbigh
DAVIES, MYRIEL IRFONA (1920 - 2000), campaigner for the United Nations Myriel Davies was born in Swansea on 5 March 1920, the daughter and second child of a Congregationalist (Independent) minister, David Morgan (1883-1959), and his wife Sarah Jane (née Jones, 1885-1953). Her brother, Herbert Myrddin Morgan (1918-1999), had been born two years previously. She spent her early years at Glyn Neath, Caerau, Maesteg and Whitland before moving, aged 12, to Bancyfelin

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