Dan Isaac Davies, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dan Isaac Davies

pioneer of the teaching of Welsh in schools

Date of Birth: 24-Jan-1839

Place of Birth: Llandovery, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 28-May-1887

Profession: teacher

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Dan Isaac Davies (1839 - 1887) was a Welsh schoolmaster, one of the first to advocate the teaching of Welsh in schools.
His parents were hatter Isaac Davies, and his wife Rachel.
They lived in the Llandovery area, where he attended a local school, and subsequently studied at Borough Road Training College.
In 1858 became master of Mill Street school, ‘ Ysgol y Comin ’, Aberdare, where he encouraged his assistants to use Welsh as the medium of education.
In 1867 he moved to a school in Swansea, before in 1868 being made Assistant Inspector of Schools, moving first to Cheltenham (in 1870), then to Bristol (in 1877).
In 1883 he returned to Wales, to a position in the Merthyr Tydfil district (though he lived in Cardiff). He may be recognised, at the National Eisteddfod in Aberdare (1885), as one of the founders of the ‘ Society for the Utilization of the Welsh Language ,’ today known as ‘ The Welsh Language Society. He died in May 1887.