:Evan Davies (almanac-maker)

{{Short description|Welsh philomath and almanac-maker}}

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Evan Davies (fl. 1720 - 1750) was a Welsh philomath and almanac-maker. He came from the Manafon area of Montgomeryshire. The first of a series of almanacs ('Newyddion Mawr Oddiwrth y Ser' - News from the stars){{Cite web |title=Newyddion mawr oddiwrth y sêr, y gyntaf ar or blwyddyn naid, ... 1741 … |url=https://viewer.library.wales/4662584#?xywh=-2064,-155,5999,3084 |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=viewer.library.wales |language=en}} produced by him was published by T. Durston of Shrewsbury in 1738. They are known to have contained a good selection of poetry, historical accounts, and local information.{{cite DWB|title=Evan Davies|id=s-DAVI-EVA-1720|last=Roberts|first=Enid Pierce|accessdate= 18 April 2017}}{{Cite web |title=The Welsh Almanac Collection - National Library of Wales |url=https://www.library.wales/discover-learn/digital-exhibitions/printed-material/the-welsh-almanac-collection |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=www.library.wales}}{{Cite web |title=Newyddion o ddiwrth y ser, neu, Almanacc Cymraeg am y flwyddyn o oedran Crist 1740 |url=https://viewer.library.wales/4662682#?xywh=-2091,-154,5965,3066 |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=viewer.library.wales |language=en}}