DAVIES, ROLAND (fl. c. 1730), poet
Name: Roland Davies
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Ray Looker
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Ray Looker
a native of Llangynyw, Montgomeryshire. Nothing is known of his life, but at least two of his poems, in free metre, remain in manuscripts. They are a love poem and an elegy upon a John Evans, also of Llangynyw.
Author
- Ray Looker
- NLW Archives: NLW MS 1710B: Poems (150), NLW MS 1743E (37)
Sources
- Wikidata: Q20734373
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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