Jonathan Ceredig Davies

Jonathan Ceredig Davies (1859 - 1932) was a Welsh traveller, and writer, from the Llangunllo area, Cardiganshire. In 1875, aged 16, he travelled to the newly-founded Welsh colony in Patagonia. In 1891, he returned to Wales, where from 1892 he is known to have been responsible for editing 'Yr Athrofa'. In 1898 he left for a four year long visit to Western Australia. He was interested in studying native populations and their local customs. He made a further trip to Western Australia in 1907, and a visit to Spain and France in 1924, but settled in Wales, and devoted the remainder of his life to his studies the country's history, folk-lore, and genealogy.

His writings include: 'Darlith ar Patagonia' (Treherbert, 1891); 'Patagonia: a Description of the Country' (Treorky, 1892); 'Adventures in the Land of Giants: a Patagonian Tale' (Lampeter, 1892); Western Australia: its History and Progress' (Nantymoel, 1902); 'Awstralia Orllewinol' (Treorchy, 1903), and 'Folk-lore of West and Mid-Wales' (Aberystwyth, 1911). [1]

References

  1. ↑ Williams, Griffith John. "Jonathan Ceredig Davies". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 18 July 2017.


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