| 词条 | John Davies (priest and philosopher) |
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John Davies (December 1795 – 21 October 1861) was a Welsh priest. He was born in Llanddewi-Brefi, and attended school in Lampeter, before moving to study at Queens’ College, Cambridge in 1820. Following his ordination into the Church of England in Norwich, he became rector of St. Pancras, Chichester. In 1840 he moved to Gateshead, Durham, before in 1853 becoming Honorary Canon of Durham Cathedral. He remained there until retirement in 1860. He died in 1861 at Ilkeley Wells, Yorkshire, aged 65. His daughter, Sarah Emily Davies (1830-1921), born while the family was resident in Southampton, was a pioneer of women's education and co-founder of Girton College, Cambridge.[1] The best-known of his written works include; 'The Estimate of the Human Mind' (1828)(2nd ed., 1847), 'Essay on the Old and New Testaments' (1843), and 'The Ordinances of Religion'. [2]References1. ^{{cite web|title=Davies, Sarah Emily, 1830-1921|url=http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/ark:/99166/w6mk73bn|website=SNAC|accessdate=24 June 2017}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, John}}{{wales-bio-stub}}{{reli-bio-stub}}2. ^{{cite web|title=John Davies|url=https://biography.wales/article/s-DAVI-JOH-1795|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|last=Williams|first=Griffith John|accessdate= 20 June 2017}} 4 : 1795 births|1861 deaths|19th-century Welsh Anglican priests|Welsh priests |
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