Evan Thomas Davies (20 June 1847 – 31 October 1927), also known by the pseudonym "Dyfrig", was a Welsh priest. After completing his education at the school in Ystrad Meurig he moved to study at

St David's College, Lampeter University of Wales, Lampeter ( cy, Prifysgol Cymru, Llanbedr Pont Steffan) was a university in Lampeter, Wales. Founded in 1822, and incorporated by royal charter in 1828, it was the oldest degree awarding institution in Wales, with limited ...

, graduating in 1869. He then spent the next year teaching, at

Greenock Greenock (; sco, Greenock; gd, Grianaig, ) is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council areas of Scotland, council area in Scotland, United Kingdom and a former burgh of barony, burgh within the Counties of Scotland, historic ...

, before, in 1870 being ordained Deacon (by Bishop Ollivant of Llandaf), and, in 1871, ordained Priest. For a while he was appointed Curate of

Llanwynno Llanwonno ( cy, Llanwynno) is a hamlet high up in the hills between the historic mining valleys of the Rhondda and the Cynon in Rhondda Cynon Taf, deep in the heart of the South Wales Valleys. Llanwonno consists of St Gwynno's Church and an inn ...

, and later of Betws, Glamorganshire. In 1875, he moved to take up an appointment at St David's Welsh Church, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, before, in 1882, becoming vicar of

Aberdyfi Aberdyfi (), also known as Aberdovey ( ), is a village and community in Gwynedd, Wales, located on the northern side of the estuary of the River Dyfi. The population of the community was 878 at the 2011 census. The electoral ward had a larger ...

, and then, in 1890, of

Pwllheli Pwllheli () is a market town and community of the Llŷn Peninsula ( cy, Penrhyn Llŷn) in Gwynedd, north-western Wales. It had a population of 4,076 in 2011 of whom a large proportion, 81%, are Welsh language, Welsh speaking. Pwllheli is the pl ...

. In 1906 he was appointed Vicar of

Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog (occasionally spelt Llanfihangel Esgeifiog or Llanfihangelesgeifiog) is a community (civil parish) and former ecclesiastical parish in Anglesey, Wales, east of Llangefni. Description The community includes the villages of ...

in Anglesey, where he remained until he retired in 1913. He also served as Rural Dean of Llŷn (1891 to 1900), and as Residentiary Canon of

Bangor Cathedral Bangor Cathedral ( cy, Eglwys Gadeiriol Bangor) is a cathedral in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. It is dedicated to its founder, Saint Deiniol. The site of the present building of Bangor Cathedral has been in use as a place of Christian worship since ...

(from 1906). His written works include ''Cydymaith y Cymro'' (1885), ''Pregethau, Erthyglau ac Areithiau'' (1894), and ''Pregethau ac Anerchiadau'' (1899). He co-edited the Welsh language religious journal ''Llusern y llan'', which ran from 1881 to 1884. He was a subscriber to ''Gleanings from God's Acre'' (1903), edited by

Myrddin Fardd John Jones (1836 – 27 July 1921), better known under his ''nom de plume'' Myrddin Fardd, was a Welsh writer and antiquarian scholar born at Tan-y-Ffordd in the village of Mynytho, Llangian, Caernarfonshire. He was a translator and a collector o ...

, and spoke at the Church of England Congress in 1891. He died in Bangor in 1927, aged 80, and was buried in Glanadda cemetery.

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