David (Dafydd) Edward Lewis (7 March 1866 – 17 August 1941) was a Welsh-born businessman and philanthropist who emigrated to Australia and became well-known and successful there.
[1] Lewis migrated to Melbourne, Australia, in 1890; opening a drapery shop in 1902 which became a successful business.
In 1928 he donated £2000 to the engineering school of the University of Melbourne for laboratory extensions.
This provided scholarships for full-time degree courses (other than in theology, arts, music or education) at the University of Melbourne for boys from Victorian state schools whose parents could not afford to pay for a university education.
[3] The fund is named after Dafydd Lewis' second wife Mary Jane Jones Evans.