About Philip Dafydd
Lived 1732 – 1814 (aged 81–82). Philip Dafydd was a preacher, poet and cobbler.
Philip Dafydd (c. 1732 – c. 1814) was a Welsh Methodist exhorter, and a poet.
Methodism Dafydd lived in the Newcastle Emlyn area, and was by trade a clog maker. Before a local Methodist chapel was built there in 1776, he is known to have held regular society meetings at his own house.
Poetry The poetical works of Dafydd include elegies on Daniel Rowland (printed in 1797) and William Williams Pantycelyn (printed in 1791).
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Who was Philip Dafydd?
Welsh Methodist exhorter
When was Philip Dafydd born?
Philip Dafydd was born in 1732.
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Philip Dafydd died in 1814.
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Philip Dafydd was a preacher, poet and cobbler.
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