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John Davies (printer And Journalist)
John Davies (1832–1904), also known as Gwyneddon was a Welsh printer, editor, journalist and song writer. Davies was born in Bangor in North Wales, and as a young man began an apprenticeship as printer in the '''North Wales Chronicle ''The North Wales Chronicle'' is a weekly regional newspaper based in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales, owned by NWN Media. News coverage is mainly concerning north Gwynedd, including the city of Bangor and town of Caernarfon Caernarfon (; ) is a ... office. Later he joined the staff team as a reporter. In 1866 a weekly paper called the Cronicl Cymru''' began production, and Davies was appointed editor. Two years later, he opened a print shop in Caernarfon. In October 1869, Davies began publishing "''Y Goleuad''" from his shop. Several years later, Davies sold his printing business, and became a manager at Pugh and Jones's Bank, in Caernarfon. He was Mayor of Caernarfon for a time. Davies was the author of ‘Anfeidrol Dduw Rhagluniaeth’, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Y Goleuad Oct 30 1869
Y, or y, is the twenty-fifth and penultimate Letter (alphabet), letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. According to some authorities, it is the sixth (or seventh if including W) vowel#Written vowels, vowel letter of the English alphabet. In English orthography, the English writing system, it mostly represents a vowel and seldom a consonant, and in other Orthography, orthographies it may represent a vowel or a consonant. Its name in English is English alphabet#Letter names, ''wye'' (pronounced ), plural ''wyes''. Name In Latin, Y was named ''I graeca'' ("Greek I"), since the classical Greek sound , similar to modern German ''ü'' or French ''u'', was not a native sound for Latin speakers, and the letter was initially only used to spell foreign words. This history has led to the standard modern names of the letter in Romance languages – ''i grego'' in Galician, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
