Background
Glyn Davies was born on May 22, 1919 in Abertillery, Wales, United Kingdom. He was the son of Price Davies and Annie (Griffiths) Davies.
Glyn Davies was born on May 22, 1919 in Abertillery, Wales, United Kingdom. He was the son of Price Davies and Annie (Griffiths) Davies.
In 1947, Glyn got Bachelor of Arts degree with honors, graduating from the University College (present-day Cardiff University) in Cardiff, Wales. In 1954, Davies attained his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics at the University of London. Two years later, in 1956, he got Master of Science degree in Economics, graduating from the same university.
In 1940, Glyn Davies was drafted into the British Army, where he served till 1946.
In 1947, Glyn started his career as a teacher at Birmingham Education Authority in Birmingham, a position he held till 1948, when he was appointed a teacher at Cardiff Education Authority in Wales. Davis held this post until 1959.
During the period from 1959 to 1968, Glyn worked as a senior Economics lecturer at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. In 1968, he was promoted to the post of a senior economic advisor at The Welsh Office in Cardiff, where he stayed till 1970.
Since 1970 to 1985, Glyn Davies acted as a professor of Economics and Banking at the University of Wales in Cardiff. Also, from 1972 to 1990, he held the post of a director and economic advisor at The Bank of Wales in Cardiff.
In 1994, Davies was an economic advisor at Julian Hodge Bank.
Quotations: "My interest in the history of money began at five years old when I unearthed some ancient Roman coins in a wood near my primary school. I’ve been pursuing monetary economics for over half a century, as teacher and writer, only to be overtaken finally by "e-money". Money never loses its shine — in theory or practice. It talks all languages and to all ages. To me it mostly says "goodbye"."
Glyn Davies married Anna Margrethe Moller on April 5, 1947. They had four children — Roy, John Eric, Kenneth Gwyn and Linda Ann.