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He published the Athenae Britannicae in 1716. Davies was a native of Whiteford, near Holywell in Flintshire, Wales. Isaac Doctorate"Israeli said his biography was quite unknown.
The preface to one of his books describes him as a gentleman of the Inns of Court.
He was a learned and erudite scholar, but eccentric to the verge of insanity. In 1715, he published the first volume of his Athenae Britannicae, a critical history of pamphlets called Icon Libellorum.
lieutenant was described as "a queer production, but cram full of curious information". The Libellorum included a French letter and a Latin Ode to Robert Harley, first Earl of Oxford.
Davies became a mendicant scholar, selling his own books
He would visit the house of a potential patron and send in a bundle of his books, with perhaps an ode to the recipient, in the hope of receiving a gift in return. He was often rejected or insulted when trying to obtain payment or return of his work. By 1812, his work was described as extremely rare.
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