David James Davies
| D.J. Davies | |
|---|---|
| Born |
David James Davies 2 June 1893 Carmel, Carmarthenshire |
| Died | 11 October 1956 |
| Resting place | Carmel, Carmarthenshire |
| Residence | Pantybeilïau mansion, Gilwern, Monmouthshire,Wales |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Education |
Aberystwyth University, Seattle University, Colorado State University-Pueblo |
| Occupation | economist, essayist, author, industrialist, engineer, pilot, collier |
| Employer | Northwestern Coal and Coke Co., United States Navy, Collierycollier |
| Known for | Influential essayist and economist |
| Spouse(s) | Noëlle Ffrench |
| Parent(s) | Thomas Davies and Ellen (née Williams) |
Dr. D.J. (David James) Davies (2 June 1893 – 11 October 1956), was a Welsh economist,industrialist, prize winning essayist, author, political activist, pilot, and an internationalist. Davies was a world traveller before returning home to Wales.
Initially a founding member of the Welsh Labour Party in the Ammanford district, in 1925 he left Labour becoming a founding member of Plaid Cymru, the nationalist party of Wales.
According to historian Professor John Davies, it was D.J. Davies' ideas which were more influential in shaping long-term Plaid Cymru ideology following the Second World War, and Davies was as "equally [a] significant figure" as Saunders Lewis in Welsh nationalism history, but it was Lewis' "brilliance and charismatic appeal" which was firmly associated with Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru of the 1930s.
D.J. Davies was born the third child of Thomas Davies, a miner, and Ellen Davies (née Williams) in Carmel, Carmarthenshire, Wales, on 2 June 1893. After attending local schools, Davies began working at age 14 in several collieries and at Barry Docks. Though working long hours, Davies continued his education by taking evening classes and through correspondence courses.
In 1912 Davies emigrated to Canada and then to the United States where he worked in mines. Davies was a co-founder of the Northwestern Coal and Coke Company in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. "A colourful figure," wrote professor John Davies, D.J. Davies travelled throughout the United States, became a boxer, attended Colorado State University-Pueblo, and then studied law at Seattle University in Washington.
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