John Park Davies
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John Park Davies (1879 - 1937)[1] was a Welsh Unitarian minister and educator.
He grew up in the Llandysul area, and attended the local Board School and County School, before gaining a place at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, from where he graduated in 1902, with a B.A. (Hons.) in Semitic Languages.[1] In 1902, he began studies at Manchester College, Oxford, and, in 1904, was awarded the Russell Martineau Hebrew prize, followed by the (university) Hall-Houghton Syriac prize in 1905.[1] He subsequently commenced studies at Harvard University, from where he graduated in 1907.[1]