DAVIES, JOHN (Peirianydd Gwynedd; 1783 - 1855), engineer, carpenter, smith, clock-maker, poet, and musician

Name: John Davies
Pseudonym: Peirianydd Gwynedd
Date of birth: 1783
Date of death: 1855
Child: Robert Davies
Gender: Male
Occupation: engineer, carpenter, smith, clock-maker, poet, and musician
Area of activity: Business and Industry; Engineering, Construction, Naval Architecture and Surveying; Music; Poetry
Author: Iorwerth Cyfeiliog Peate

Born 1783 at Hafod-y-foel, Llanbryn-mair, brother of the Rev. Evan Davies ('Eta Delta'). In 1820 he set himself up in business at Dôl-goch, Talerddig, in the same parish, as a manufacturer of wool-making machinery. He supplied woollen mills in every county in Wales with machines for carding, combing, and weaving; at one time there were branches of his business at Dolgelley and Carmarthen. His son, ROBERT, worked in partnership with him. One of his looms (c. 1820) can be seen at the Welsh Folk Museum, St. Fagans, where it is still in regular use. He died 20 September 1855.

Author

Iorwerth Cyfeiliog Peate, (1901 - 1982)

Sources

Iorwerth C. Peate, Guide to the Collection Illustrating Welsh Folk Crafts and Industries (Cardiff 1935), 33-6
personal research

Additional Links

Wikidata: Q18535569

Published date: 1959

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