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Evan Davies (other)
Evan Davies or Davis may refer to: British * Evan Davies (missionary) (1805–1864), Welsh Protestant Christian missionary * Evan Tom Davies (1904–1973), Welsh mathematician * Mervyn Davies, Baron Davies of Abersoch (born 1952), Chairman of Standard Chartered * Evan Davies (rugby), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1910s and 1920s * Evan Davies (Ebbw Vale MP) (1875–1960), Welsh Member of Parliament for Ebbw Vale, 1920–1929 * Ianto Davies (1892–1946), Wales international rugby union player * Evan Davis (born 1962), British economist, journalist and presenter for the BBC * Evan Davies (educationalist) (1826–1872), Welsh educationalist * Evan Davies (Calvinistic Methodist minister) (1842–1919), Welsh Calvinistic Methodist minister, and writer * Evan Davies (Independent minister) (1750–1806), Welsh Independent minister * Evan Davies (almanac-maker) (fl. 1720–1750), Welsh philomath and almanac-maker * Evan Thomas Davies (musician) (1847–1927), Welsh musician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Davies (missionary)
Evan Davies (1805 – 18 June 1864) was a Welsh people, Welsh Protestant Christian missionary in the Congregational church, Congregationalist tradition. He served with the London Missionary Society and worked among the Chinese in Malaysia in Penang. Davies was born in Hengwm, Lledrod, Ceredigion, Cardiganshire, Wales. He was educated at the academy at Neuaddlwyd and also at the Western Academy at Exeter. After completing college, he settled at Great Torrington, Devonshire. In 1835 he was ordained at Wycliffe Chapel, London and commissioned to be a missionary to the Chinese. He and his wife and a Rev. S. Wolfe sailed for the "British Straits Settlements" aboard the Duke of Sussex on 8 May that year. They arrived at Penang on 11 September. He served alongside other pioneer missionaries such as Samuel Dyer and his wife, Maria (Tarn) Dyer. Davies established a boarding school for Chinese boys and trained them in the English language as well as other "European instruction". After se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |