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DANIELS, ELEANOR (1886 - 1994), actress was owned by a wealthy member of the group, Alice DeBuys. They would perform concerts and plays for each other at the house. On her death in 1981, Miss DeBuys left the house and estate to six members of the group, including Eleanor. In an interview she gave to the American Welsh magazine Ninnau at the age of 103, Eleanor Daniels remembered her theatre days with great fondness. 'I was an actress' she
DAVID, JOHN (1701? - 1756), Independent minister he lived at Cilast near Manordivy, Pembrokeshire, and was a well-to-do farmer. He seems to have begun preaching c. 1736, and in 1745 succeeded Lewis Thomas (of Bwlch-sais) as pastor of the churches of Rhydyceisiaid, Carmarthenshire, and Glandŵr, Pembrokeshire. He itinerated over a wide area, reaching as far north as S. Dogmaels; in 1747-8 he had the assistance of Evan Williams (1719 - 1748), of
DAVID, PHILIP (1709 - 1787) Penmain, Independent minister Born in the Ebbw Fawr valley, Monmouthshire, 11 June 1709. His thoughts were turned to religion by the preaching of James Davies of Merthyr Tydfil (died 1760), c. 1720. He began preaching in 1732, and in 1739 was ordained co-pastor of Penmain to assist David Williams (who had been there since 1710, and remained there till his death in 1759). Philip David was then pastor till he died 3 February
DAVIES, ALUN TALFAN (1913 - 2000), barrister, judge, politician, publisher and businessman , Aberystwyth, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. In 1939 he was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn. A Western Mail picture shows him wearing spectacles, and poor eyesight is probably why he did not do military service in the Second World War. On 25 July 1942 he married Eiluned Christopher Williams (1914-2003) in London. They made their home in Penarth, and had four children: Helen Talfan Davies, Janet
DAVIES, ALUN (1916 - 1980), historian Society. He was in 1961 appointed to the chair of Modern History at the University College of Swansea, and made his home at Eaton Crescent. In Swansea he worked closely with his colleague Glanmor Williams (1920-2005) to build up a strong history department which lay stress on Wales side by side with international history. During this period he was appointed member of the University Grants Committee. He
DAVIES, ANEIRIN TALFAN (1909 - 1980), poet, literary critic, broadcaster and publisher chapel that his interest in literature and theology was stimulated. He lived for a time in Swiss Avenue, Watford, where he prepared the first issue of Heddiw, a small magazine established by Aneirin and his brother Alun, and edited by Aneirin and Dafydd Jenkins. Heddiw ran for six years, 1936-1942, and published work by some of the foremost poets of the twentieth century, such as Gwenallt, R. Williams
DAVIES, BRYAN MARTIN (1933 - 2015), teacher and poet Bryan Martin Davies was born in Brynaman, Carmarthenshire, on 8 April 1933, the son of Horace Davies (1900-1950), coalminer, and his wife Evelyn (née Martin, 1909-1997). He was raised in the close community of this Welsh-speaking coalmining area, and participated in its lively poetic culture which had produced luminaries such as the author of englynion, Gwydderig (Richard Williams), and the poet
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, CERIDWEN LLOYD (1900 - 1983), musician and lecturer . During 1932, at the invitation of the editor, J. Lloyd Williams, she contributed to the bilingual journal Y Cerddor a series of twelve articles on 'Music Teaching in Schools'. They were well-received, and in 1933 appeared in book form under the title The Teaching of Music in Schools: a consideration of matter and method from kindergarten to senior classes. Sir Walford Davies, Director of the National
DAVIES, CLARA NOVELLO (Pencerddes Morgannwg; 1861 - 1943), musician Born 7 April 1861 in Canton, Cardiff, daughter of Jacob Davies and Margaret his wife, and named Clara Novello after Clara Anastasia (née Novello), whom Jacob Davies had heard singing. She received her musical education from her father, Dr. Frost, Frederick Atkins (Cardiff), and Charles Williams (organist of Llandaff Cathedral). She was appointed, when quite young, accompanist to the Cardiff
DAVIES, DANIEL (1756 - 1837), Baptist minister settled at Dolwen, Conwil. In June 1785 he and Nathaniel Williams were ordained ministers of Ffynnonhenry. For the next four years he took an energetic part in the Baptist mission in North Wales. In 1791 he was appointed minister of Felin-foel, Llanelly, where he died 16 April 1837.
DAVIES, DANIEL JOHN (1885 - 1970), Independent minister and poet competition four times at the national eisteddfod. R. Williams Parry said of his poem Ffynnon Fair that he knew of no one who could write so easily and so effortlessly within the restrictions of cynghanedd. He was second to Gwenallt in the chair competition the year before winning in 1932 for his ode ' Mam ' at the Aberavon National Eisteddfod in a competition of high quality. He adjudicated frequently at

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