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I'm not sure we can call him Welsh - he was born in England (just) and the Grove dictionary calls him English. I'm going to play it safe, though (he did spend a lot of time in Wales after all, and did a lot for music there), and change it to British rather than English. --[[User:Camembert|Camembert]] |
I'm not sure we can call him Welsh - he was born in England (just) and the Grove dictionary calls him English. I'm going to play it safe, though (he did spend a lot of time in Wales after all, and did a lot for music there), and change it to British rather than English. --[[User:Camembert|Camembert]] |
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::He certainly wasn't Welsh by birth — Oswestry is in England and there's no mention of any Welsh parentage in the DNB or Grove. [[User:Wilus|Wilus]] |
::He certainly wasn't Welsh by birth — Oswestry is in England and there's no mention of any Welsh parentage in the DNB or Grove. [[User:Wilus|Wilus]] |
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== Surname == |
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A goodgle search on |
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: "Walford Davies" OR "Henry Davies" |
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seems to indicate his surname is "Walford Davies" , tho the article calls him Davies. In the absence of evidence for Davies as surname, the references to him as "Davies" should be changed to "Walford Davies". <br>--[[User:Jerzy|Jerzy]]•[[User talk:Jerzy|t]] 23:51, 20 December 2005 (UTC)<br> |
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Revision as of 23:51, 20 December 2005
I'm not sure we can call him Welsh - he was born in England (just) and the Grove dictionary calls him English. I'm going to play it safe, though (he did spend a lot of time in Wales after all, and did a lot for music there), and change it to British rather than English. --Camembert
- He certainly wasn't Welsh by birth — Oswestry is in England and there's no mention of any Welsh parentage in the DNB or Grove. Wilus
Surname
A goodgle search on
- "Walford Davies" OR "Henry Davies"
seems to indicate his surname is "Walford Davies" , tho the article calls him Davies. In the absence of evidence for Davies as surname, the references to him as "Davies" should be changed to "Walford Davies".
--Jerzy•t 23:51, 20 December 2005 (UTC)