DAVIES
,
JOHN PARK
(
1879
-
1937
),
Unitarian minister
;
b. at
Blaenpant-y-Creuddyn
,
Llandysul, Cards.
,
28 May 1879
, the son of
Eleazar
and
Mary
Davies;
educated at the board school and county school,
Llandysul
, and
University College of Wales
,
Aberystwyth
, where he graduated
B.A.
with honours in
Semitic
languages in
1902
. He entered
Manchester College
,
Oxford
,
1902
, was awarded the
Russell Martineau Hebrew prize
,
1904
, and the (university)
Hall-Houghton Syriac prize
,
1905
; he was also a member of
Wadham College
,
Oxford
. As
Hibbert scholar
he proceeded to
Harvard University
, where he graduated
B.D.
in
1907
. He was
Unitarian minister
at
Pontypridd
,
1908-13
, of the
Old Presbyterian chapel
,
Nantwich
,
1913-24
, and
minister
of
Gateacre chapel
,
Liverpool
,
1924-6
. He became
principal
of the
Presbyterian College
,
Carmarthen
, and
minister
of
Parc-y-felfed chapel
in
1926
. He m.
Gwenllian Hawys
Jenkins
,
Aberdare
,
11 June 1911
. He d.
21 May 1937
and was buried at
Pant-y-defaid
.
Bibliography:
-
Letter from
Mrs. Park Davies
;
-
Who's who in Wales
;
-
Yr Ymofynnydd
;
-
Carmarthen Journal
.
Author:
Rev. Emeritus Principal John Islan Jones, (1874-1968), Cribyn,
Lampeter
