John Davies (historian)

This article is about the Welsh historian. For the classical historian, see John K. Davies (historian).

John Davies
Born25 April 1938
Treorchy, Wales
Died16 February 2015 (aged 76)[1]
Cardiff, Wales
EducationUniversity College, Cardiff
Trinity College, Cambridge.
OccupationHistorian

John Davies, FLSW (25 April 1938 – 16 February 2015) 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 (Hanes Cymru in Welsh).

  1. ^ Meic Stephens (19 February 2015). "John Davies: Academic and broadcaster whose peerless histories of Wales were rich with insight and fascinating detail". The Independent. Retrieved 26 May 2015.