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DAVIES, GWILYM (1879 - 1955), minister (B), promoter of international understanding, founder of the annual Goodwill Message from the Youth of Wales collapse of the League of Nations. During World War II the Welsh Education Committee under his direction was asked to draft a model constitution for an international education organisation. The draft submitted by Gwilym Davies greatly influenced the creation of UNESCO. He is probably remembered best for initiating in 1922 the peace message of the youth of Wales to the youth of the world which is now
DAVIES, HENRY (1696? - 1766), Independent minister '; he married a farmer's daughter. Their eldest son, HENRY DAVIES, had a wide country practice; his brother-in-law is said to have 'owned most of the land on which Porth now stands.' Henry and his wife had four children. The eldest, EVAN DAVIES (1801 - 1850), was a ' character.' He was medical officer of the colliery opened by Walter Coffin at Dinas Rhondda, and like Coffin was a Unitarian; there are
DAVIES, JAMES (bu farw 1760), Independent minister -y-glo chose a well-to-do local farmer, Richard Rees of Gwernllwyn Uchaf, as Davies's co-pastor (he died 1749). Relations between the two men and their followers became increasingly difficult, and the 'left wing' seceded in 1747 to form the congregation (now Unitarian) of Cefn-coed-cymer. Owing to the expiry of the lease, Davies and his people left their historic meeting-house at Cwm-y-glo and
DAVIES, JAMES (1767? - 1860), Baptist minister therefore natural that he should in 1820 have left the General Baptists (now becoming increasingly anti-Trinitarian) and returned to the Particular Baptists; yet there are hints that his theological views were still unchanged - it was rather that his personal popularity and his eminence as a preacher effaced the memory of controversies, now twenty years past, which had lost much of their meaning
DAVIES, JOHN (1781 - 1848) Fronheulog,, one of the most prominent lay leaders of Calvinistic Methodism in his day recalcitrants. Davies died 12 June 1848. A letter by Wordsworth praises him (along with Thomas Charles and John Elias) for his loyalty to Church and State, and also for his landscape-improvements. The papers of the Fronheulog estate are now in N.L.W.
DAVIES, JOHN (bu farw 1694) Nannau,, 'family bard' Said to have been born at Pandy, Llanuwchllyn, and to have lived for a while at Tyn-y-ffridd. Mr. Evan Roberts, of Llandderfel, suggests (Y Seren, Bala, 29 November 1950) that he was the composer of the air formerly known as ' Dafydd y Garreg Las ' and now known as ' Pant corlan yr ŵyn '; if so, then he may have been a harpist also. John Davies is of some importance as one of the last members of
DAVIES, JOHN (Gwyneddon; 1832 - 1904), printer and journalist author of a popular harvest thanksgiving hymn which begins ' Anfeidrol Dduw rhagluniaeth.' He died at Caernarvon 30 January 1904. ROBERT GWYNEDDON DAVIES (1870 - 1928), solicitor Law Literature and Writing His son, a solicitor, who died 17 April 1928, aged 58, was the author of an English translation of Y Bardd Cwsc (1st ed. 1897, 2nd ed. 1909). Many of the manuscripts which he collected are now in the
DAVIES, JOHN (1652 - post 1716) Rhiwlas,, genealogist . According to Archæologia Cambrensis, 1888, 51, Davies was born 10 October 1652. His marriage has now been ascertained, by Mr. David Watkins in his unpublished dissertation 'Welsh Historiography in the 17th Cent.' (1955). The bishop's transcripts of Llansilin parish record, 27 May 1685, the christening of 'Margaret daughter of John Davies and Margaret his wife, of Rhiwlas ' (the child was born 24 May 1685
DAVIES, JOHN HUMPHREYS (1871 - 1926), bibliographer, man of letters, and educationist principalship, which he held till his death, With Sir John Williams and others he was one of the chief workers in the movement for a National Library of Wales, and one of its chief supporters after its foundation. His (Cwrtmawr) collection of books and manuscripts is now in that library. He was appointed a member of the Welsh Church Commission in 1908; in 1911 he was high sheriff of Cardiganshire and chairman
DAVIES, Sir LEONARD TWISTON (1894 - 1953), patron of the arts and of folk life studies the main instigator in establishing the department of Rural Life (1936) which led to the creation of the National Folk Museum (1947) (now Museum of Welsh Life) at St. Fagans. He made very many gifts to the Library and the Museum; he also worked hard and successfully to raise the levels of salaries in both establishments. In his last years he represented the Museum and the Library on the Standing
DAVIES, MYLES (or MILES) DAVIES (1662 - 1715?), religious controversialist and bibliographer styles himself a ' Gentleman of the Inns of Court,' a ' Barrister-at-Law,' and a ' Counsellor-at-Law.' The first volume of this (now very rare) work was first published separately in 1715 under the title of Eikon-Mikro-Biblike sive Icon Libellorum, or a critical history of pamphlets (London, 1715). Very likely it was the existence of an isolated volume with a separate title in addition to the six
DAVIES, RHISIART MORGAN (1903 - 1958), scientist and professor of physics developed an interest in stress waves, and became one of the leading specialists in this field. The results of his work were published in 1948 and this is now regarded as being basic to this branch of physics. He received a Ph.D. degree at Cambridge for his research work. He was released from his post during World War II to study under-water explosives for the Admiralty. At the end of the war he returned

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