DAVIES, RICHARD (1814 - 1854), secretary of the Church Missionary Society

Name: Richard Davies
Date of birth: 1814
Date of death: 1854
Parent: Robert Davies
Gender: Male
Occupation: secretary of the Church Missionary Society
Area of activity: Religion
Author: Robert Thomas Jenkins

Born at Rhuddlan, son of Robert Davies, at that time curate of Rhuddlan and afterwards (1823-8) of Newmarket, Flintshire, finally perpetual curate of the Welsh Anglican church in Liverpool. In 1841, the son was appointed secretary of the Church Missionary Society and editor of its periodicals. In 1848 he became vicar of Brenchley, Kent, where he died, 6 February 1858.

Author

Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, (1881 - 1969)

Sources

Geirlyfr Bywgraffiadol o Enwogion Cymru (1870)
corrections by the Rev. Daniel Williams

Additional Links

Wikidata: Q20734268

Published date: 1959

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