page_title: D. Jacob Davies
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: D. Jacob Davies / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: D.Jacob Davies.B.A. Famous Welsh Bard lived at Penlon
context_page_description: D. Jacob Davies was a Welsh Unitarian minister who became a prominent figure within Welsh public life and within his denomination in Wales and beyond.
context_section_description: Jacob Davies was born on 15 September 1916 at Penlon, Tregroes, near Llandysul, one of the five children of David and Mary Davies. He was educated at Tregroes Primary School before earning a scholarship to Llandysul Grammar School in 1929, where he remained until 1936. He then became a student at Carmarthen Presbyterian College to prepare for the Unitarian ministry. After some years in Carmarthen he became minister of the Capel Bach, the Unitarian chapel in Aberystwyth, where he enrolled as a student at the University and graduated in 1945.
caption: Memorial to Jacob Davies at his childhood home
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