David Davis
Illustration — David Davis David Davis (14 February 1745 – 3 July 1827), known as "Castellhywel" or "Dafis Castellhywel" to differentiate him from others of the same name, was a Welsh minister and poet. He was born at Goetre Farm in Llangybi, Cardiganshire, and educated at Carmarthen Academy. He became a minister at Ciliau Aeron, where he married the local squire's daughter.
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David Davis
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- 1745 · Llangybi.
- Died
- 1827
- Nationality
- Wales · Kingdom of Great Britain · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- poet
- Education
- Carmarthen Academy · Carmarthen Grammar School
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — David Davis David Davis (14 February 1745 – 3 July 1827), known as "Castellhywel" or "Dafis Castellhywel" to differentiate him from others of the same name, was a Welsh minister and poet. He was born at Goetre Farm in Llangybi, Cardiganshire, and educated at Carmarthen Academy. He became a minister at Ciliau Aeron, where he married the local squire's daughter.
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In about 1782 he moved to Castellhywel in the Cletwr valley, where he opened a school.
• Cri Carcharor dan farn Marwolaeth (1792) • Telyn Dewi (1824)
A portrait from the Welsh Portrait Collection at the National Library of Wales. Depicted person: David Davis – Welsh minister and poet
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- 1.White, Cathryn. Welsh poetry of the French Revolution, 1789-1805. University of Wales Press. 413. 2012. 9780708325292.
- 2.Cymmrodorion Society. Cymmrodor. 59. 1890.
- 3.Davis, David, Dafis Castellhywel (1745–1827), Arian minister, poet, and schoolmaster. 1959.
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