Gwilym Davies (minister)
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Gwilym Davies
St David's Day
1923.
Life
Davies was born on 24 March 1879 at
Broadhaven in Pembrokeshire and then, between 1908 and 1915, in Carmarthen.[1] With encouragement from David Davies (later Lord Davies of Llandinam), he helped to set up the Welsh School of Social Service in 1911.[2] He served as secretary, chairman and president. Between 1915 and 1919, he was the minister in Abergavenny and then he ministered in Llandrindod Wells between 1919 and 1922.[1]
In 1922, he retired from active ministry and spent the rest of his life promoting world peace. He travelled extensively, spending much of his time in
Unesco, becoming the first president of the Welsh National Council of the United Nations Association and helping to establish the Welsh Unesco Committee.[2] He wrote articles for journals and newspapers, some of which were collected as Y Byd Ddoe a Heddiw ("The World Yesterday and Today") (1938). He also wrote International Education in the Schools of Wales and Monmouthshire (1926), The Ordeal of Geneva (1933), and Intellectual co-operation between the Wars (1943), as well as The Gregynog Conferences on International Education 1922–37 (1952).[1]
He was appointed a
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i James, Mary Auronwy. "Davies, Gwilym (1879–1955), minister (B), promoter of international understanding, founder of the annual Goodwill Message from the Youth of Wales". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
- ^ a b c d "The Rev. G. Davies – A worker for world peace". The Times. 27 January 1955. p. 10.
- ^ "No. 38311". The London Gazette. 4 June 1948. p. 3374.
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