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Dafydd Rees Williams
Dafydd is a Welsh masculine given name, related to David, and more rarely a surname. People so named include: Given name Medieval era :''Ordered chronologically'' * Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd (c. 1145-1203), Prince of Gwynedd * Dafydd ap Gruffydd (1238–1283), Prince of Wales ** Dafydd Goch, said to be the illegitimate son of Dafydd ap Gruffydd * Dafydd ap Gwilym (c. 1315/1320–c. 1350/1370), Welsh poet * Dafydd ap Llywelyn (1215–1246), Prince of Gwynedd and first Prince of Wales ** Dafydd ap Dafydd ap Llywelyn (born between 1240 and 1246-?), illegitimate son of Dafydd ap Llywelyn * Dafydd Bach ap Madog Wladaidd (fl. 1340-1390), Welsh poet * Dafydd Benfras (fl. 1230-1260), Welsh court poet * Dafydd Ddu o Hiraddug (died 1371), Welsh poet, grammarian and cleric * Dafydd Gam (1380-1415), Welsh soldier and nobleman who died at the Battle of Agincourt * Dafydd ab Ieuan or David Holbache (died 1422/3), Welsh politician * Dafydd Gorlech (c. 1410-c. 1490), Welsh poet * Dafydd Llwyd a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David (name)
David is a common masculine given name. It is of Hebrew origin, and its popularity derives from King David, a figure of central importance in the Hebrew Bible and in the religious traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Etymology David () means "beloved", derived from the root ''dôwd'' (דּוֹד), which originally meant "to boil", but survives in Biblical Hebrew only in the figurative usage "to love"; specifically, it is a term for an uncle or figuratively, a lover/beloved (it is used in this way in the Song of Songs: אני לדודי ודודי לי, "I am for my beloved and my beloved is for me"). In Christian tradition, the name was adopted as syr, ܕܘܝܕ Dawid, Greek , Latin or . The Quranic spelling is . David was adopted as a Christian name from an early period, e.g. David of Wales (6th century), David Saharuni (7th century), David I of Iberia (9th century). Name days are celebrated on 8 February (for David IV of Georgia), 1 March (for St. David of Wale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dafydd Elis-Thomas
Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Baron Elis-Thomas (born 18 October 1946) is a Welsh politician who served as the Leader of Plaid Cymru from 1984 to 1991 and represented the Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency in the Senedd from 1999 to 2021. Born in Carmarthen, Wales, he was raised in Ceredigion and the Conwy Valley. He represented Merioneth, then Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituencies as a Member of Parliament from 1974 to 1992 and was the Llywydd of the Senedd (the speaker) from its inception in 1999 to 2011. He is a member of the House of Lords, a former leader of Plaid Cymru, and, since 2004, a privy counsellor. On 14 October 2016 he left the party in order to support the Welsh Government and sat as an independent in the Senedd. In November 2017, he joined the Welsh Government. He was the Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism until May 2021. Personal Thomas was born on 18 October 1946 at Priory Hospital, Carmarthen, and brought up in the Llandysul area of Ceredigion, and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elystan Morgan, Baron Elystan-Morgan
Dafydd Elystan Elystan-Morgan, Baron Elystan-Morgan (7 December 1932 – 7 July 2021), known as Elystan Morgan, was a Welsh politician. He sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords from 1981 to 2020, and served as a Labour MP from 1966 to 1974. Early life Morgan was educated at Ardwyn Grammar School, Aberystwyth, and became a member of Plaid Cymru as a schoolboy in 1946. He studied law at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he was involved with student politics and served as president of the debating union. He qualified as a solicitor and joined a legal firm in Wrexham. Political career Early in 1955, Morgan was adopted as Plaid Cymru candidate for the Wrexham constituency and contested the seat at the by-election in 1955, and at the general elections in 1955 and in 1959. In 1964 he was selected to succeed the party president Gwynfor Evans as candidate for Merioneth. Morgan joined the Labour Party and was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dafydd Llywelyn
Dafydd Llywelyn (10 January 1939, in South Wales – 25 March 2013, in Munich) was a Welsh composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. Biography Llywelyn, born in South Wales, received his first piano lessons from his fatherForstenried-Konzerte München i. G.: Dafydd Llywelyn' and later from priests in a monastic boarding school in the Midlands. His other teachers include the British pianist Tom Bromley, Johann Trygvasson (father-in-law of Vladimir Ashkenazy) and Peter Feuchtwanger (nephew of the writer Lion Feuchtwanger). He received an important musical influence from the pianist and later close friend Shura Cherkassky, who showed him the tradition of the old masters' polyphonic piano playing. He was later significantly inspired by Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen and .In Birmingham and then London he studied music, medicine, criminology and theology, after which he moved to Cologne. He moved to Munich in 1971, and in 1984 until his death lived with his life-partner Hedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Edward Lewis
David (Dafydd) Edward Lewis (7 March 1866 – 17 August 1941) was a Welsh businessman and philanthropist.T. A. Hazell,, ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 10, MUP, 1986, p. 86. Retrieved 5 September 2010 Lewis was born in Llanrhystud near Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, Wales, the son of David Lewis, a farmer, and his wife Catherine, ''née'' Mason. Lewis migrated to Melbourne, Australia, in 1890; opening a drapery shop in 1902 which became a successful business. In 1928 he donated £2000 to the engineering school of the University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor ... for laboratory extensions. After his death, his will established the Dafydd Lewis Trust, with a £700,000 endowment. This provided scholarships for full-time degree courses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dafydd Jones (other)
Dafydd Jones is a Welsh rugby union player. Dafydd Jones may also refer to: *Dafydd Jones (footballer), Welsh footballer *Dafydd Jones (Dewi Dywyll), Welsh balladeer *Dafydd Glyn Jones, Welsh scholar and lexicographer *Dafydd Jones (Dafydd Jones o Drefriw) on List of Welsh-language authors *Dafydd Jones (Isfoel) on List of Welsh-language authors *Dafydd Jones (hymn writer) on List of Welsh-language authors *Dafydd Jones (hymnist) from Caio, Carmarthenshire *Dafydd Jones (poet) on List of Welsh-language authors See also *David Jones (other) {{hndis, Jones, Dafydd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dafydd Iwan
Dafydd Iwan Jones (born 24 August 1943) is a Welsh singer and nationalist politician who rose to fame writing and performing folk music in the Welsh language. From 2003 to 2010, Iwan was the president of Plaid Cymru, a political party which advocates for Welsh independence from the UK. Early life Dafydd Iwan Jones was born in Brynamman, Carmarthenshire. One of four boys, his siblings include the actor Huw Ceredig and the politician Alun Ffred Jones. His paternal grandfather, Fred Jones, was a member of the Bardic family Teulu'r Cilie, and a founding member of Plaid Cymru. He spent most of his youth in Bala in Gwynedd before attending the University of Wales, Cardiff, where he studied architecture. Musical career Iwan's earliest material was Welsh translations of songs by American folk/protest singers (Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and Bob Dylan) until he began to write his first ballads. The most prominent of these were political, including the satirical song, "Carlo" ("Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr)
David Richards (22 January 1751 – 12 May 1827), better-known by his bardic name Dafydd Ionawr, was a Welsh-language poet, born at Glanyrafon near Bryn-crug in the parish of Tywyn in Merionethshire (now Gwynedd), north-west Wales. He took an interest in poetry as a result of his acquaintance with Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir), who was curate of St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn, and was later sent to a school at Ystradmeurig to obtain a better education than was available locally. After a period as a junior schoolmaster in Wrexham, he spent one term at Jesus College, Oxford, before going to teach at Oswestry grammar school. He then taught at the grammar school in Carmarthen Carmarthen (, RP: ; cy, Caerfyrddin , "Merlin's fort" or "Sea-town fort") is the county town of Carmarthenshire and a community in Wales, lying on the River Towy. north of its estuary in Carmarthen Bay. The population was 14,185 in 2011, ... before being appointed head of a free school in his nativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dafydd James
Dafydd Rhys James (born 24 July 1975) is a Welsh former rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ... footballer who played on the Wing (rugby union), wing or in the Centre (rugby union), centre. He toured with the 2001 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia, British & Irish Lions in 2001. James was born in Mufulira, Zambia, but earned 48 caps for Wales national rugby union team, Wales and three for the British & Irish Lions. His clubs include; Kenfig Hill RFC, Llanelli RFC, Llanelli, Bridgend Ravens, Bridgend, Pontypridd RFC, Pontypridd, Harlequin F.C., Harlequins, Scarlets, Cardiff Blues, Sale Sharks and HKCC Rugby. Domestic career James began his professional rugby career at Bridgend RFC in 1995 after coming up through the ranks of Kenfig Hill RFC. After 43 app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dafydd Ifans
Dafydd Ifans (born 21 April 1949) is a contemporary Welsh language novelist and translator, born in Aberystwyth in Ceredigion, west Wales. Personal life Dafydd Ifans was born in Aberystwyth, Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ... in 1949. After finishing in Ysgol Gymraeg Aberystwyth in 1960, between 1960 and 1967 he studied at the Ardwyn Grammar School in Aberystwyth. In 1970 he got his BA-degree at the University of Wales in Bangor. In 1972 he got his diploma in palaeography and archive administration, and his MA in 1974. From 1972 until 1975 he served a research assistant at the Department of Manuscripts and Records in the National Library of Wales. Later he became an assistant keeper in the same department, until 2002. In 2002 he became an assistant dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dafydd Ieuan
Dafydd Ieuan (born 1 March 1969) is a Welsh musician and producer, best known as the drummer with the band Super Furry Animals, The Peth and The Earth (band). Ieuan played with Gruff Rhys in their early band Ffa Coffi Pawb. He was a drummer for Welsh band Catatonia from 1993 to 1996, recording on their early singles and debut album ''Way Beyond Blue'' released in 1996. During the same period Super Furry Animals formed and Ieuan left Catatonia to focus on them. Ieuan runs the Cardiff-based label and recording studio Strangetown Records with brother Cian Ciaran and Mick Hilton. With Ciaran, he was awarded by BAFTA Wales 2011 for Original Music for the S4C drama ''Pen Talar'' filmed by Fiction Factory. Ieuan released ''The Golden Mile'' with The Peth ("The Thing" in Welsh) in 2008, with Welsh actor Rhys Ifans on vocals. A second album, ''Crystal Peth'' has been recorded but has yet to be released. With DJ and rapper Rashid "Wibidi" Omar, he recorded and produced music under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dafydd Ab Hugh
Dafydd ab Hugh is an author whose novelette, "The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk" in ''Asimov's Science Fiction'', was nominated for a Nebula Award in 1990. Simon & Schuster has published eleven ab Hugh novels in the ''Doom'' and ''Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has expanded into vari ...'' franchises:__NOTOC__ Bibliography ''Doom'' * ''Knee-Deep in the Dead'' * ''Hell on Earth'' * ''Infernal Sky'' * ''Endgame'' ''Star Trek'' * ''Deep Space Nine'': ''Fallen Heroes'' * ''The Next Generation'': ''Balance of Power'' * ''Voyager'': ''The Final Fury'' * ''Deep Space Nine'': ''Vengeance'' * ''Deep Space Nine'': ''The Conquered'' * ''Deep Space Nine'': ''The Courageous'' * ''Deep Space Nine'': ''The Liberated'' References Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
