David Christopher Davies
David Christopher Davies was a geologist and mining engineer. He was born and grew up in the Oswestry area, and began his career as the apprentice of a local ironmonger. As a member of the Oswestry Naturalists' Field Club he developed an interest in the geology of the area, and the age of 30 set himself up as a mining engineer, working mainly in north Wales, but also in France and Germany.
His geological writings include his "Guide to Llangollen", "A Treatise on Slate and Slate Quarrying in North Wales", "A Treatise on Metalliferous Minerals and Mining", "A Treatise on Earth Minerals and Mining", and a number of papers published in the Geological Magazine, the Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, and the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society.
Davies was a Fellow of the Geological Society. A lay preacher, he also published a volume of sermons, The Christ for all the Ages.
He died on his way home from Norway in 1885.
