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Richard Davies

British writer

Died when: 44 years 185 days (534 months)
Star Sign: Capricorn

 

Richard Davies

Richard Davies (Mynyddog) (10 January 1833 – 14 July 1877) was a popular Welsh-language poet, singer, and Eisteddfod conductor.The original source of the name Mynyddog is from Newydd Fynyddog, a hill near his home.

Another submission is the name comes from Mynyddog Mwynfawr, a character in an early Welsh poem.Use of an adopted Welsh-language pseudonym or bardic name (ffug enw) is common among Welsh poets.


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