John Daniel Davies

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John Daniel Davies (12 January 1874 – 9 April 1948) was a Welsh editor and author. He was from the Ponciau area of Denbighshire. He began his career as an apprentice of David Jones, printer, of Rhosymedre. He then worked for a while with Richard Mills who printed the Rhos Herald. Sometime around 1900 he married, and moved to live in the Blaenau Ffestiniog area, where in 1906 he started the periodical Y Rhedegydd. For many years he edited Yr Ymwelydd, the Scottish Baptist periodical. He died in April 1948, and was buried in Bethesda cemetery, Blaenau Ffestiniog.{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-DAVI-DAN-1874|title=Davies, John Daniel (1874-1948), editor and author|author=John William Jones|website=Welsh Biography Online|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=19 October 2018}}