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'[[File:John Humphreys Davies (5292076).jpg|thumb|John Humphreys Davies]] {{Short description|Welsh lawyer and educator 1871–1926}} '''John Humphreys Davies''' (15 April 1871 – 10 August 1926) was a Welsh lawyer, bibliographer and educator. ==Family and schooling== Born at [[Llangeitho]], [[Ceredigion]], he was the son of [[Robert J. Davies, Cwrtmawr]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://archives.library.wales/index.php/cwrtmawr-manuscripts |title=Cwrtmawr Manuscripts |date=2003 |access-date=27 January 2016 |website= |publisher=National Library of Wales |last=| first=}}</ref> He received his education at the [[Aberystywth University|University College of Wales, Aberystwyth]] and [[Lincoln College, Oxford]], before being [[called to the bar]] at [[Lincoln's Inn]]. ==Welsh literature== Davies's interest in Welsh literature is accredited to his association with [[O. M. Edwards]] at [[Oxford University|Oxford]] and to his brother-in-law, [[T. E. Ellis]]. Along with [[Sir John Williams, 1st Baronet, of the City of London|Sir John Williams]], who became his President while Principal at [[Aberystwyth]], Davies was involved in the movement to establish a [[National Library of Wales|National Library for Wales]].<ref name=Ellis>{{Cite web |url=https://biography.wales/article/s-DAVI-HUM-1871 |title=Davies, John Humphreys |last=Ellis |first=Thomas Iorwerth |authorlink=Thomas Iorwerth Ellis |work=[[Welsh Biography Online]] |publisher=[[National Library of Wales]] |accessdate=18 January 2010}}</ref> He was President of [[Aberystwyth Old Students' Association]] in 1907–1908.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ellis |first=E. L. |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VF0wAAAACAAJ&sitesec=reviews&redir_esc=y |title=The University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1872–1972 |date= |publisher=University of Wales Press |year=1972 |isbn=978-0-7083-1930-7 |location=Cardiff |pages=339 |language=en}}</ref> ==Public life== From an early age Davies became involved in public life, being elected an alderman of [[Cardiganshire County Council]] in 1895 at the age of 24, while not yet an elected councillor. He gained some support in that year as the new [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] candidate for Cardiganshire in succession to [[William Bowen Rowlands|Bowen Rowlands]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Morgan |title=Cardiganshire Politics |page=327}}</ref> The nomination, however, went to [[Matthew Vaughan-Davies]]. Davies served as Chairman of Cardiganshire County Council in 1916–1917.<ref name="CN 28-4-16 CC AGM">{{Cite news |title=Cardigan County Council. Appointment of Chairman |url=http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3413245/ART45 |accessdate=30 October 2014 |newspaper=Cambrian News |date=28 April 1916}}</ref> In 1905 he became [[Registrar (education)|Registrar]] of his [[alma mater]] and principal in 1919, a position which he held until his death at the age of 55.<ref name=Ellis/> {{s-start}} {{s-aca}} {{succession box |title=[[Aberystwyth University|Principal of the University College of Wales Aberystwyth]] |before=[[Thomas Francis Roberts]] |after=[[Henry Stuart-Jones|Sir Henry Stuart-Jones]] |years=1919–1926}} {{s-npo|pro}} {{s-bef|before= Austin Keen }} {{s-ttl|title=President of the [[Aberystwyth Old Students' Association]] |years=1907–08 }} {{s-aft|after= [[Joseph Angus|John Mortimer Angus]] }} {{s-end}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== *{{Cite journal |last=Morgan |first=Kenneth O. |authorlink=Kenneth O. Morgan |title=Cardiganshire Politics: The Liberal Ascendancy 1885-1923 |journal=Ceredigion |year=1967 |volume=5 |issue=4 |pages=311–346 |url=http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewobject/llgc-id:1094650/article/000025743}} {{Aberystwyth University|state=collapsed}} {{Portalbar|United Kingdom|Wales|Biography}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, John Humphreys}} [[Category:1871 births]] [[Category:1926 deaths]] [[Category:Welsh scholars and academics]] [[Category:Welsh barristers]] [[Category:Welsh educators]] [[Category:Alumni of Aberystwyth University]] [[Category:Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford]] [[Category:Members of Lincoln's Inn]] [[Category:Vice-Chancellors of Aberystwyth University]] [[Category:Members of Cardiganshire County Council]]'