Grace Dulais Davies

Grace Dulais Davies (also known as Grace Gethin-Davies; born 1887 or 1888, Llangollen – September 30, 1969, Cardiff) was a winner of the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize (1918).

Grace Margaretta Dulais Davies was born in Llangollen in 1887[1] or 1888, the youngest child of Gethin Davies, principal of North Wales Baptist College, Bangor, and Rose Davies.[2][3] She attended the Bangor County Girls' School (Ysgol Sirol y Genethod),[4] and went on to obtain BA (1907) and MA (1916) degrees in English from the University of Wales.[5][6]

She won the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize (1918) for her work titled Historical Fiction of the Eighteenth Century. She was a student at King's College, London at the time.[7]

She was the Headmistress of Abergavenny County High School for Girls when she co-founded the Abergavenny Art Group in April 1937.[8]

Davies died in Cardiff on 30 September 1969.[9]

References
  1. Census 1891.
  2. Census 1901.
  3. Y Brython 1918.
  4. Y Dydd 1918.
  5. Cardiff Times 1907.
  6. North Wales 1916.
  7. The Times 1918.
  8. Abergavenny.
  9. EWGPD 1969.

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  • "1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census: Caedernen Villa, Bangor, Caernarvonshire, Wales". FindMyPast.
  • "University of Wales: Degree List". Cardiff Times and South Wales Weekly News. August 3, 1907. p. 11. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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  • "The Crawshay Prize". The Times. December 17, 1918. p. 5.
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  • "Agnes Beverley Burton". Abergavenny Artists. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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