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Huw Davies (rugby Player)
Hugh or Huw Davies may refer to: * Hugh Davies (botanist) (1739–1821), Welsh botanist and clergyman * Hugh Emyr Davies (1878–1950), Welsh Presbyterian minister * Hugh Morriston Davies (1879–1965), Welsh surgeon * Hugh Sykes Davies (1909–1984), English poet and novelist * Hugh Davies (cricketer) (1932–2017), Welsh cricketer * Hugh Davies (composer) (1943–2005), musicologist, composer, and inventor * Huw Llywelyn Davies (born 1945), Welsh broadcaster and rugby union commentator * Huw Davies (rugby union) (born 1959), English rugby union player * Hugh Davies (artist) (born 1971), Australian media arts practitioner, researcher and educator * Huw Davies (chemist), British chemist * Huw Davies (actor), Welsh actor, in ''The Worst Journey in the World'' * Hugh Davies (MP for Radnor), represented Radnor (UK Parliament constituency), Radnor * Huge Davies (real name Hugh Davies), Welsh comedian * Hugh Davies (footballer) (born 2004), Australian rules footballer {{hndis, Davies, Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Davies (botanist)
Hugh Davies (3 April 1739 – 16 February 1821) was a Welsh botanist and Anglican clergyman. He spent most of his professional life on the island of Anglesey and published a treatise on the flora of the county, which was the first volume to cross-reference plant names in the Welsh language with their scientific names. Life Davies was born in the parish of Llandyfrydog, Anglesey, Wales, where his father was the rector of St Tyfrydog's Church, Llandyfrydog. He was educated at Beaumaris grammar school and then went to Oxford, studying at Jesus College as his father had done. He matriculated in 1757 and was awarded his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1762. After being ordained, he was a curate at Llangefni (1763–1766), Llanfaes and Penmon (1766–1785) and Penmynydd (1775–1778), all in Anglesey. He then became rector of Llandegfan with Beaumaris in 1778, before his appointment as rector of Aber, Caernarvonshire in 1787. He resigned in 1816, although he had lived in Beauma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |