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Dave Davies (other)
David Davies may refer to: Politics *David Davies (industrialist) (1818–1890), also known as David Davies Llandinam, MP for Cardigan, 1874–1885, and Cardiganshire, 1885–1886 * David Davies (Australian politician) (c. 1840–1894), politician in colonial Victoria, Australia * David Davies (textile merchant) (1852–1934), Liberal politician, MP for Denbigh 1918–1922 *Sir David Davies (dairyman) (1870–1958), Conservative politician * David Lewis Davies (1873–1937), British Member of Parliament for Pontypridd, 1931–1937 * Dai Davies (trade unionist) (1909–1998), Labour Party official and general secretary of the ISTC *Dai Davies (politician) (born 1959), Independent Member of the UK Parliament for Blaenau Gwent 2006–2010 * David TC Davies (born 1970), Welsh Conservative politician, and British Member of Parliament elected in 2005 *David Richard Seaborne Davies (1904–1984), Welsh legal academic, briefly a British Liberal Party Member of Parliament in 1945 *David Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Davies (industrialist)
David Davies (18 December 1818 – 20 July 1890) was a Coal industry in Wales, Welsh industrialist and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons between 1874 and 1886. Davies was often known as David Davies Llandinam (from the place of his birth, Llandinam in Montgomeryshire).Ivor Bulmer-Thomas: ''Top Sawyer: David Davies of Llandinam'' (Golden Grove, Carmarthen, 1988) He is best remembered today for founding Barry Docks. Early life Davies was the son of David Davies and his wife Elizabeth and the eldest of nine children. He attended the day school at Llandinam but was primarily self-educated. He began work as a Sawyer (occupation), sawyer and went into agriculture, working alongside his father, who died when David was aged 20, leaving him to take charge of the family. He was successful from an early age and in 1848 took over a larger farm called Tynymaen, which later became the home farm of the Plasdinam esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Davies (composer)
David Davies (1810 – 1875) was a Welsh (Montgomeryshire) composer. He was tenant of a small farm where he is said to have composed the well-known hymn-tune "Glan'rafon" (first published in ''Llyfr Emynau a Thonau'' 1868), in a cowshed in a small meadow beside the River Rhiw The River Rhiw ( cy, Afon Rhiw meaning 'slope river' or 'stream river') is a short river in the north of Powys in Wales. Two headwater tributaries both named Afon Rhiw flow east to join at Dwyrhiew and then continue in a generally easterly direc .... References 1810 births 1875 deaths 19th-century Welsh musicians 19th-century British composers {{wales-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Davies (footballer, Born 1888)
David Walter Davies (born 1 October 1888, date of death unknown) was a Welsh footballer who played for Oldham Athletic and Sheffield United in the Football League First Division. He also made two appearances for Wales. He was born in Treharris, Wales. Club career Davies was a former miner who made his league début whilst at Oldham Athletic in 1912. He soon transferred to Sheffield United via a brief stay at Stockport County. He spend two seasons at Bramall Lane, playing in the side that won the FA Cup in 1915 (although he himself did not feature in the final.) With the outbreak of war Davies was released and returned to Wales where he became a miner once more whilst continuing to play football for local teams. International career Davis made two appearances for Wales, the first whilst at Treharris Treharris is a small town and community (Wales), community (and electoral ward) in the Taff Bargoed Valley in the south of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, South Wales. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Davies (footballer, Born 1879)
David Charles Davies (1879 – 13 September 1956) was a Welsh footballer who played at outside-left for various minor sides around the turn of the twentieth century as well as making two appearances for Wales. Football career Davies was born in Talgarth, Breconshire and started his football career with the local village side before moving to the larger towns of Builth Wells and Brecon where he earned a reputation as a "star forward", being described in one report as "a very reliable forward, quick in his movements, accurate in his passes and deadly at goal". His form for Brecon earned him his first cap for Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ... in a 1–0 defeat against Ireland national football team (1882–1950), Ireland at Grosvenor Park, Belfast on 4 March 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Davies (football Administrator)
David Davies (born 1948) is a British broadcaster and consultant, formerly the Executive Director of the Football Association in England. He is a regular contributor to BBC News television and radio programmes and other networks. Since retiring from the FA, he has worked as a consultant to sporting and other organisations worldwide. Today he is a consultant with Portland Communications, based in London, advising on sport and other subjects. BBC, 1971–1994 Davies began his journalistic career briefly in Belfast before joining BBC Wales as a reporter in 1971. He was a BBC news trainee alongside Brian Hanrahan before joining BBC TV in Manchester in 1973. From there he worked on some of the corporation's biggest shows including '' Nationwide'', ''Newsnight'', '' Songs of Praise'' and '' Children in Need''. From 1983, he presented the BBC News and the ''Today'' programme on Radio 4. He was a political correspondent, 1983–1986, and education correspondent, 1986–1989. From 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ffrangcon-Davies
David Ffrangcon-Davies (11 December 1855 – 13 April 1918) was a Welsh operatic baritone. Early life and education David Thomas Davies was born in Bethesda, Gwynedd. He later adopted the name ''Ffrangcon'', an early variant spelling of the nearby valley ''Nant Ffrancon'', as part of his new surname (Ffrangcon-Davies). He attended Friars School, Bangor and Jesus College, Oxford, matriculating in 1876 and graduating with a BA in 1881. His time at Oxford was not without its difficulties, however. During his first two years, his " battels" were "more than once" the highest in the college and he was warned in 1878 that if he was "idle or irregular" in the following term or if he failed to pass his examinations that term, he would lose his exhibition. In June 1880, it was recorded that he had failed his Schools (final examinations) for the second time, a summons had been taken out against him for 'furious driving' and a judgment for debt had been entered against him in the Chancell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Thomas Davies
David Thomas Davies (1876–1962) was a Welsh dramatist. He was son of Thomas and Martha Davies. He received education at Gelli School, Ystrad, Rhondda Valley, and at Thomas James's School, Llandysul, Cardiganshire, before moving to study at the University College of Wales in Aberystwyth. His father had hoped that he would enter the ministry, but, on graduating in 1903, he decided to enter the teaching profession, and accepted a post at the Central Foundation School in London. There he became familiar with popular and contemporary English plays, and joined the new generation of Welsh dramatists such as Robert Griffith Berry, William John Gruffydd, and J.O. Francis. During World War I he served with the Royal Welch Fusiliers in France, after which he moved to live in Pontypridd, and worked as an inspector of schools under the Ministry of Education. He retired in 1936 and moved to Porthcawl, and then, in 1954, to Swansea Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Stuart Davies
David Stuart Davies (born 1946) is a British writer. He worked as a teacher of English before becoming a full-time editor, writer, and playwright. Davies has written extensively about Sherlock Holmes, both fiction and non-fiction. He is the editor of ''Red Herrings'', the monthly in-house publication of the Crime Writers' Association. Novels Sherlock Holmes Adventures #''Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair'' (1991) #''The Tangled Skein'' (1992): Holmes battles Count Dracula in a re-imagining of the events of the Bram Stoker novel. #'' The Scroll of the Dead'' (1998): Holmes and Dr. Watson pursue an ancient Egyptian treasure with links to immortality. #''Shadow of the Rat'' (1999) #'' The Veiled Detective'' (2004): An alternate account of the relationship between Holmes and Watson that posits Watson as an agent of Professor Moriarty. #''The Games Afoot'' (2008) #'' The Devil's Promise'' (2014) #'' The Ripper Legacy'' (2016) #''The Instrument of Death'' (2019) #''Revenge from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Martin Davies
David Martin "Dave" Davies is an American print and broadcast journalist based in Texas. As a newspaper columnist for the ''San Antonio Express-News'', he writes about video games. In the mid-2000s, Davies was the host of a television show ''U@Play'', produced in the San Antonio area, which covered home video games.Davies, DaveGet in line -- no, not that one -- for 'Star Wars' stuff ''San Antonio Express News'' (editorial note says "Dave Davies is the host of U@play, a TV show for video game fans at 1 pm Sundays on KBEJ") The 30-minute show was broadcast in Austin, San Antonio and Laredo, in Texas, and in Monterrey in northeastern Mexico. Davies is also an award-winning journalist and the host of ''Texas Matters'', a weekly radio news magazine show for Texas Public Radio, and ''The Source'', a daily show called that airs Monday through Thursday. Since becoming the news director for Texas Public Radio, Davies began using his full name "David Martin Davies" to avoid confusion wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Lloyd Davies
David Lloyd Davies (died 1881) was a Welsh singer and poet. He began composing poetry at an early age, and a number of englynion style poems composed when he was 16 were published in 'Yr Amserau' (using the pseudonym 'Dewi Einion'). He is known to have competed and won prizes at a number of eisteddfodau, and to have won the chair at the Eisteddfod in Bethesda, Caernarfonshire in 1867 (for an awdl on ‘Tywyllwch’(Darkness)). In the 1950s and 60s he conducted a number of choirs in the Llanfachreth, Llwyn Einion, Rhyd-y-main, and Towyn areas of Merioneth, and is known to have composed a few pieces of his own music around the same time. He later emigrated to the U.S.A, where he continued to compete and win prizes for poems at eisteddfodau, including, Kansas (1870), Utica (1875), and Youngstown (1880), and also wrote novels, such as, ‘Ceinwen Morgan neu y Rian Dwylliedig’ (set in Cwm Hirnant, near his birthplace) (published serially in 'Y Drych' (Utica) in 1870). He died in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Joshua Davies
David Joshua Davies (1877–1945) was a Welsh dramatist. His parents were John and Mary (née Evans) Davies. He began his career as an apprentice in an ironmonger's store in Swansea, but went on to earn his living as a shopkeeper, managing the Co-operative store in Llanarth for a while, and later a shop and the post office in Pont-rhyd-y-groes. His writings include the play 'Maes y Meillion' (which won a prize at the National Eisteddfod in Neath in 1918), and the play 'Owen Glyndŵr'. He died in 1945, and is buried in New Quay New Quay ( cy, Cei Newydd) is a seaside town (and electoral ward) in Ceredigion, Wales, with a resident population of around 1,200 people, reducing to 1,082 at the 2011 census. Located south-west of Aberystwyth on Cardigan Bay with a harbour a .... References Welsh dramatists and playwrights Welsh male dramatists and playwrights 1877 births 1945 deaths {{Wales-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David John Davies . Returning to Wales he opened a studio in Llanelli, where he was assisted by funding from a number of patrons: Mrs Gwynne Hughes (Tregŷb), Lord Dynevor, Lord Emlyn, D. Pugh MP, and Mansel Lewis. The works he produced include painted landscapes and portraits, illustrations, and caricatures.
After four years in Llanelli he moved to London, where for a time he worked for '' David John Davies was a 19th-century Welsh artist. He was born in 1870 in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire. For a period he studied at Kidderminster Art School, before obtaining two years of public subscription funding to study art in Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
