Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1898-2016 (with gaps) (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-fonds
Extent and medium
4 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Gwion Davies, scientist, seaman and explorer, was the only son of Professor J. Glyn Davies and Hettie Davies. He was born on 3 September 1917 at Westyn, Flintshire, and had three elder sisters called Gwen, Mair and Elin. He attended Bootham School in York and later studied Zoology at Gonville and Caius, Cambridge. He was awarded the Polar Medal with Antartic clasp pin in 1953. He died on 22 June 2005.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged into eleven files by the donor and placed in folders at NLW.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
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