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Owen Davies (other)
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Owen Davies may refer to: * Owen Davies (Baptist minister) (1840–1929), Welsh Baptist minister * Owen Davies (historian) (born 1969), English historian * Owen Davies (umpire) (1914–1978), West Indian cricket umpire * Owen Picton Davies (1872–1940), Welsh businessman and politician * Owen Picton Davies (journalist) (1882–1970), Welsh journalist See also * Owen Davis * Owen Davis, Jr. Owen Gould Davis Jr. (October 6, 1907 – May 21, 1949) was an American actor known primarily for his work in film. He also performed in the theatre, making his Broadway debut in the play ''Carry On'' (1928), which his father, Owen Davis, had w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Davies (Baptist Minister)
Owen Davies (1840 – 30 May 1929) was a Welsh people, Welsh Baptists, Baptist minister and writer. Biography Davies was born at Cae Plan, a farm near Pwllheli, and attended local schools in Llanystumdwy and Yoke House, Pwllheli. Upon completing his education he worked for a period as a draper's apprentice in Pwllheli, and at the age of 18 he started working in a draper's shop in St Asaph. While living in St Asaph he began attending a local Baptist church, becoming a preacher. In 1862 he entered the new Baptist College at Llangollen. Upon completing his training, he was appointed pastor at Holywell, Flintshire, Holywell (1865), before moving to Llangollen (1867), and Caernarfon (1876). He was also (from 1892 to 1895) a secretary to the North Wales Baptist College, Bangor, Gwynedd, Bangor, and (from 1895 to 1915) a lecturer on Homiletics and Pastoral Theology on the college staff. His written works include several books, including a number of Welsh biographies, of ''John Pritchard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Davies (historian)
Owen Davies (born 1969) is a British historian who specialises in the history of magic, witchcraft, ghosts, and popular medicine. He is currently Professor in History at the University of Hertfordshire and has been described as Britain's "foremost academic expert on the history of magic". Early life and education Davies's interest in the history of witchcraft and magic developed out of a childhood interest in folklore and mythology, which was spawned in part from reading the books of Alan Garner. From around the age of sixteen, he also became interested in archaeology and began to get involved with field-walking and Earthworks (engineering), earthwork surveying. He then went on to study archaeology and history at Cardiff University and spent many weeks over the next six years helping excavate Bronze Age and Neolithic sites in France and England, mostly in the area around Avebury. He developed a strong interest in archaeology in general, and the ritual monuments and practices of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Davies (umpire)
Owen Davies (1914 – 13 September 1978) was a West Indian cricket umpire. He stood in three Test matches between 1962 and 1965. Davies was born in Wales and served in the Royal Air Force in the Second World War. After the war, he moved to Jamaica, where he spent the last 30 years of his life.Tony Cozier, "Owen Davies", ''The Cricketer'', July 1979, p. 39. He worked enthusiastically to promote cricket and cricket umpiring in Jamaica's rural areas, and was a member of the Jamaica Cricket Board of Control for some years. He umpired ten first-class matches in Jamaica, including three Tests, between 1954 and 1967. He was murdered by gunmen while sitting at home in St. Mary, Jamaica. See also * List of Test cricket umpires A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ... * Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Picton Davies
Owen Picton Davies (9 February 1872 – 4 June 1940), was a Welsh Chairman and Director of Companies and a Proprietor of Hotels. He was also a Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician. Background Davies was the son of John Davies Glanmamog, of Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire. He was educated at Capel Iwan, Newcastle Emlyn. In 1896 he married Amy Edith Hucket. They had four sons and two daughters. Professional career In 1894 Davies moved to London. He was Chairman of St Paul’s Hospital, Endell Street, London. He was President of the Carmarthen County Infirmary. He was President of Young Wales Association of London. He was High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire from 1934–35. He had published the 'History of Capel Iwan Congregational Church'. Political career Davies was actively involved in the founding of the London-based Young Wales Association in 1920. The association, a forerunner of the London Welsh Association, was formed to provide a social and political focal point for Wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Picton Davies (journalist)
Owen Picton Davies (6 June 1882 – 10 October 1970) was a Welsh journalist. Early life He was born in Trimsaran, Carmarthenshire, but soon after his birth his parents moved to Morlogws Uchaf (parish of Cilrhedyn), where he grew up. He studied at Pen-y-waun school and the Old College School in Carmarthen. Career In 1898, he worked at the '' Carmarthen Journal'' as an apprentice. Three years later, he began working at the '' Western Mail'' as a correspondent, having moved to the Rhondda Valley. In 1903, he moved to Cardiff to work as a sub-editor, before, in 1907, moving to Caernarfon as editor of ''Yr Herald Cymraeg'' and the ''Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald ''Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald'' was a liberal, English-language newspaper that was published weekly between 1836 and 1920. It was published in Caernarfon and circulated in North Wales and London, Liverpool and Manchester. The main content of the ...''. He became sub-editor of the ''Western Mail'' in 1914. Later, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Davis
Owen Gould Davis (January 29, 1874 – October 14, 1956) was an American dramatist known for writing more than 200 plays and having most produced. In 1919, he became the first elected president of the Dramatists Guild of America. He received the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play '' Icebound'', His plays and scripts included works for radio and film. Before the First World War, he wrote racy sketches of New York high jinks and low life for the '' Police Gazette'' under the name of Ike Swift. Many of these were set in the Tenderloin, Manhattan. Davis also wrote under several other pseudonyms, including Martin Hurley, Arthur J. Lamb, Walter Lawrence, John Oliver, and Robert Wayne. Personal life Davis was born into a large family in Portland, Maine. They moved to Bangor, where he lived until he was 15. As a boy, Davis wrote plays for his eight siblings, who performed them for the town. His parents were Owen Warren Davis, an iron manufacturer, and his wife Abigail A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |