Edward Tegla Davies

Edward Tegla Davies (1880–1967) was a Welsh Wesleyan Methodist minister and a popular Welsh language writer, born at Llandegla-yn-Iâl, Denbighshire, north Wales.[1]

For other people named Edward Davies, see Edward Davies (disambiguation).

His works include a number of children's books which display his rich imagination and sometimes surreal humour, the novel Gŵr Pen y Bryn (1923), short stories and a series of essays. Among the latter is the collection Gyda'r Hwyr (1957),[2] including Y Bedd Hwnnw ("That Grave") recording a visit to the grave of the Blessed John Henry Newman at Rubery (Longbridge) near Birmingham, and Y Wraig o'r Wyddgrug ("The Woman from Mold"), in which he meets, in Manchester, someone who knew the Welsh novelist, Daniel Owen, in her youth.[2]

A Cabinet Office release in 2012[3] shows that he declined an OBE in the New Year Honours in 1963.

References
  1. Elis, Islwyn Ffowc (2001). "Davies, Edward Tegla". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  2. Davies, E. Tegla (1957). Gyda'r Hwyr. Lerpwl: Gwasg y Brython. ASIN B0000CJPEM.
  3. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120404175744/http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/document2012%2D01%2D24%2D075439.pdf


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