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John Davies

Welsh historian and television and radio broadcaster (1938-2015) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 76

John Davies was a Welsh historian, and a television and radio broadcaster. He attended university at Cardiff and Cambridge and taught Welsh at Aberystwyth. He wrote a number of books on Welsh history, including A History of Wales.

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Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales2011

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United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1938 to 2015 · aged 76