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Edward Davies (other)
Edward or Eddie Davies may refer to: Authors *Edward Davies (Celtic) (1756–1831), Welsh writer and druidic poet *Edward J. Davies (born 1947), American historian *Edward Tegla Davies (1880–1967), Welsh writer Sports people *Eddie Davies (boxer) (born 1937), Ghanaian Olympic boxer *Eddie Davies (footballer) (1923–1995), English footballer *Edward Davies (footballer), Welsh-born footballer who played for List of Halifax Town A.F.C. players, Halifax Town in the 1930s Politicians * Edward Davies (MP) (died 1590), MP for Cardigan (UK Parliament constituency), Cardigan * Edward Davies (Pennsylvania politician) (1779–1853), United States Representative * Edward William Davies (1855–1904), mayor of Fremantle, Western Australia, 1901 * Edward R. Davies (mayor) (?-?), mayor of Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1918 to 1920 * Edward Roderick Davies (1915–1992), American industrialist and mayor of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan from the 1940s to the 1960s Others *E. Brian Davies (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Davies (Celtic)
Edward "Celtic" Davies (7 June 1756 – 7 January 1831) was a Welsh writer and Anglicanism, Anglican clergyman whose most influential work examined the Historical linguistics, origins of Celtic languages and the Myth theory, meaning of Celtic mythology. It became part of the 19th-century Celtic Revival, recovery and reinvention of druidic tradition. Born in Llanfaredd, Radnorshire, Davies attended Christ College, Brecon (alongside his friend, the historian Theophilus Jones (historian), Theophilus Jones). He was the curate of Olveston, Gloucestershire and in 1805 was made rector of Bishopston, Swansea, Bishopston, Gower Peninsula, Gower. Davies produced a number of collections of poetry and plays but it was his writings on myth and history which were most successful. Influential in their time and later, his historical works are wildly inaccurate and speculative by modern standards. He was not fluent in Welsh language, Welsh and used unreliable sources and guesswork in his attemp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward William Davies
Edward William Davies (1855–1904) was elected mayor of Fremantle, Western Australia, in 1901, but was removed two months later on the grounds of insanity. Background Davies was the son of Alfred Alexander Davies, who had arrived in Fremantle in 1834 and who had another son, George Alfred Davies, who was born in 1846. Edward Davies was born in Fremantle in 1855. In 1875 his father died, and in December that year Davies married Kate Murray. In July 1876, Davies appeared in court on a charge of seduction brought against him by William Thorpe, a farmer, on behalf of his daughter Rosina. In the early 1880s Davies became a pawnbroker. At the same time, he was working to improve his social position in Fremantle: he joined local lodges, institutes and societies and was active on their committees, and in 1887 became rate collector to the Fremantle Municipal Council. He eventually resigned as rate collector in August 1888 after protesting that "from the very illiberal manner his demand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Davies (minister)
Edward Davies (1827–December 8, 1905) was an American minister, author, and publisher of the Welsh Congregational magazine, the ''Cenhadwr''. He was a pastor of Congregational, Peniel, and Bethel churches in the state of New York. Early life His parents from Llanuwchllyn, Merionethshire were William and Catherine Davies. They emigrated from Wales and to the United States and settled in the state of New York. They first lived in New York City, where Davies was born in 1827. He was the fourth of five children. Two years later, they moved to Bethel, the wilderness area of northern Remsen in Oneida County, New York. Career Pastor Davies studied for the ministry at the Whitestown Seminary and then with Morris Roberts (1799–1878) for the ministry. He began to preach in 1848. In 1853, he was ordained. His first appointment as pastor was in Waterville at the Welsh Congregational Church, where he served for seventeen years. Continuing to live in Waterville, he ministered at the D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Davies (architect)
Edward Davies F.S.A.I.A. (12 April 1852 – 2 April 1927) was an architect and arts administrator in South Australia. History Davies was born in Newport, Wales, and emigrated to Melbourne with his parents when quite young. His father Edward was a tanner, and immediately started a tanning business at Richmond on the banks of the Yarra. He was to follow in his father's business, but was persuaded by Joseph Lambeth to study drawing. He served a five-year apprenticeship with Albert Purchas, a Melbourne architect, then after a few years experience in the building trade joined the Victorian Education Department as a draftsman. In 1876 he joined the South Australian Education Department as a senior draftsman under J. E. Woods. He left the Public Service to work with architect James Cummings, and after winning design competitions for Clayton Congregational Church, Kensington and East Adelaide Congregational Church was admitted as a partner. He left Cummings & Davies in 1884 to work o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Davies (RAF Officer)
Air Commodore Edward Dayrell Handley (Peter) Davies CBE (29 September 1899 – 21 March 1974) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who became Acting Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Reserve Command. RAF career Davies became a Probationary Flight Officer with the Royal Naval Air Service before being commissioned in the seaplane branch of the Royal Air Force in October 1918. He became Officer Commanding No.36 Squadron in 1935 and then joined the Air Staff at Headquarters RAF Training Command. He transferred to RAF Technical Training Command shortly after the start of World War II and was made Director of Operations (Torpedoes) at the Air Ministry in 1943. He was briefly Acting Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Reserve Command in May 1946 and then became Air Officer Commanding No. 65 Group in 1948 and Air Officer Commanding RAF East Africa in 1949 before retiring on grounds of ill health in 1950. He was appointed CBE in New Years Honours List 1946. Family In 1925 he marri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Roderick Davies
Edward Roderick Davies (June 2, 1915 – September 8, 1992) was an American industrialist and politician who served as mayor of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He was the father of Ann Romney, wife of Senator Mitt Romney and was a life-long Atheist. Life and career Davies was born on June 2, 1915, in Caerau, Bridgend, Wales, into a Welsh coal mining family. In 1929 he emigrated to the United States with his father David Davies who had black lung disease and had been injured in a mining accident. David worked at a Ford plant and paid for his wife, Annie Davies, and son, Edward, to come thereafter. In 1938, Edward graduated from General Motors Institute of Technology with a degree in engineering and, after serving a stint in the U.S. Naval Engineering corps, in 1946 he co-founded a maker of heavy equipment for marine use, Jered Industries. Some sources have suggested that Jered helped to engineer the landing craft used for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, though this is unlikely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe ( ; , literal translation, lit. "Holy Faith") is the capital city, capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico, and the county seat of Santa Fe County. With over 89,000 residents, Santa Fe is the List of municipalities in New Mexico, fourth-most populous city in the state and the principal city of the Santa Fe metropolitan statistical area, which had 154,823 residents in 2020. Santa Fe is the third-largest city in the Albuquerque, New Mexico, Albuquerque–Santa Fe–Los Alamos, New Mexico, Los Alamos Albuquerque–Santa Fe–Los Alamos combined statistical area, combined statistical area, which had a population of 1,162,523 in 2020. Situated at the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the city is at the highest altitude of any U.S. state capital, with an elevation of 6,998 feet (2,133 m). Founded in 1610 as the capital of ', a province of New Spain, Santa Fe is the oldest List of capitals in the United States, state capital in the United States and the earliest E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward R
Edward is an English male name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortunate; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Saxon England, but the rule of the Norman and Plantagenet dynasties had effectively ended its use amongst the upper classes. The popularity of the name was revived when Henry III named his firstborn son, the future Edward I, as part of his efforts to promote a cult around Edward the Confessor, for whom Henry had a deep admiration. Variant forms The name has been adopted in the Iberian peninsula since the 15th century, due to Edward, King of Portugal, whose mother was English. The Spanish/Portuguese forms of the name are Eduardo and Duarte. Other variant forms include French Édouard, Italian Edoardo and Odoardo, German, Dutch, Czech and Romanian Eduard and Scandinavian Edvard. Short forms include Ed, Eddy, Eddie, Ted, Teddy an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Davies (Pennsylvania Politician)
Edward Davies (November 1779May 17, 1853) was an Anti-Masonic and Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Davies was born in Churchtown, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1834 to 1835. Davies was elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-fifth and to the succeeding Congress. He died in Churchtown and was interred in Bangor Episcopal Churchyard in Churchtown. During his tenure, Davies was notable for his involvement in toucan Toucans (, ) are Neotropical birds in the family Ramphastidae. They are most closely related to the Semnornis, Toucan barbets. They are brightly marked and have large, often colorful Beak, bills. The family includes five genus, genera and over ... protection. The bird, which Davies was strongly fond of, gained him the nickname "The Toucan Tower Peak Shazoo". Sources The Political Graveyard 1779 births 1853 deaths Politicians from Lancaster Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward J
Edward is an English male name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortunate; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Saxon England, but the rule of the Norman and Plantagenet dynasties had effectively ended its use amongst the upper classes. The popularity of the name was revived when Henry III named his firstborn son, the future Edward I, as part of his efforts to promote a cult around Edward the Confessor, for whom Henry had a deep admiration. Variant forms The name has been adopted in the Iberian peninsula since the 15th century, due to Edward, King of Portugal, whose mother was English. The Spanish/Portuguese forms of the name are Eduardo and Duarte. Other variant forms include French Édouard, Italian Edoardo and Odoardo, German, Dutch, Czech and Romanian Eduard and Scandinavian Edvard. Short forms include Ed, Eddy, Eddie, Ted, Teddy a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardigan (UK Parliament Constituency)
The Cardigan District of Boroughs was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency in Wales which returned one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessors, from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 general election. The borough constituency comprised the four towns of Cardigan, Ceredigion, Cardigan, Aberystwyth, Lampeter and Adpar - geographically separated from each other but all within the county of Cardiganshire. History For much of its existence, the constituency was dominated by a relatively small number of landed families. During the eighteenth century, representation was keenly contested between the county families. At the turn of the nineteenth century, the county town of Cardigan remained the largest of the boroughs with a population of 1,911 in 1801, and was controlled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Davies (MP)
Edward or Eddie Davies may refer to: Authors *Edward Davies (Celtic) (1756–1831), Welsh writer and druidic poet * Edward J. Davies (born 1947), American historian * Edward Tegla Davies (1880–1967), Welsh writer Sports people * Eddie Davies (boxer) (born 1937), Ghanaian Olympic boxer * Eddie Davies (footballer) (1923–1995), English footballer * Edward Davies (footballer), Welsh-born footballer who played for Halifax Town in the 1930s Politicians * Edward Davies (MP) (died 1590), MP for Cardigan * Edward Davies (Pennsylvania politician) (1779–1853), United States Representative * Edward William Davies (1855–1904), mayor of Fremantle, Western Australia, 1901 * Edward R. Davies (mayor) (?-?), mayor of Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1918 to 1920 * Edward Roderick Davies (1915–1992), American industrialist and mayor of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan from the 1940s to the 1960s Others *E. Brian Davies (born 1944), British mathematician *Edward Davies (RAF officer) (1899–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
