Mynyddog

See also Richard Davies.

Born: Jan­u­a­ry 10, 1833, Dol Lydan, Llanbrynmair, Mon­mouth, Wales.
Died: Ju­ly 14, 1877, at his home Bron-y-gan, Cemaes, Mon­mouth, Wales.
Buried: Old Cha­pel grave­yard.

Davies’s fa­ther was Dan­iel Da­vies, dea­con and pre­cent­or in the Old Cha­pel. He took his bard­ic name Mynyddog from Newydd Fyn­yddog, a hill near his home. He con­duct­ed eis­teddfod in both Eng­land and Wales, and vis­it­ed Amer­i­ca in 1876. His works in­clude:

Caneuon Mynyddog, 1866
Yr Ail Gynnig, 1870
Y Trydydd Cynnig, 1877
Pedwerydd Llyfr Mynyddog, 1882

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