Dilys Glynne Jones
Dilys Glynne Jones (1857–1932) was an advocate for the education of girls and women in Wales. The University College of North Wales lowered its flag to half mast on the day of her funeral. Life Born in London, Davies was the daughter of the Welsh sculptor William Davies (Mynorydd) (1826–1901), who was himself the son of composer Moses Davies. Her elder sister Mary Davies was a noted mezzo-soprano. The family attended a Welsh-language chapel in London. She attended Frances Buss's North London Collegiate School before she was at Newnham College, Cambridge for a year. She returned to work for Frances Buss as a teacher but in her spare time she was campaigning among the Welsh community in London. The National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1882 was in Denbigh and she gave a talk titled A model school for girls. In 1886 the Eisteddfod was in Caernarfon and she again spoke about higher education for girls in Wales. She highlighted what she saw as a "fatal gap" in the education provision in Wales between elementary schools and university education. She disagreed with the views of the President of the British Medical Association and she noted that the Welsh Girls' School was