Talk:E. T. Davies

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Sources[edit]

This article needs additional sources. I do not have access to either the DNB or the back issues of The Times, could someone check those? I found a biographical note, entitled "The Author" in Davies's Religion and society in the nineteenth century (1981) and have added it to the article, it is not that independent, but it is a second source. There might be a biographical note in one of his other publications. --Bejnar (talk) 15:38, 21 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Canon Davies’ “universality”[edit]

I think the concern here is that the use of the word “universally” would suggest that everyone, everywhere knew him as E. T. Davies. I don’t think that could be said to be accurate - most people in the world didn’t know him as anything, because they didn’t know him. I would suggest either leaving it out, as is the current status quo, or replacing it with something like, “generally/commonly known as E. T.”. For me, he was always “Canon Davies” but then we had quaint notions of deference. KJP1 (talk) 18:30, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I do hope we can avoid using "universal Canon". Martinevans123 (talk) 18:36, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Surely, to very many people, he would have been known, and properly addressed, as Reverend Davies? Doesn't that apply equally to deacons, priests, rural deans and canons? Martinevans123 (talk) 18:50, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not according to Crockford’s KJP1 (talk) 18:55, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, ok.... so at least twice in his clerical life he could have been called Rev? But I suspect many people didn't always have copy of Crockford's to hand, even in Davies' day. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:11, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You didn’t know the feudal nature of Llangybi at the time! If Mrs Addams-Williams caught you out without your Crockford’s, and your Debrett’s, you’d be in the stocks sharpish. KJP1 (talk) 19:42, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Referencing style[edit]

While we're on, this seems rather odd to me. I've not seen, "See Williams (1993) previously" or "See Mein", as references. Any objections to my sfn'ing it? KJP1 (talk) 19:00, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]