William Thomas Pennar Davies (12 November 1911 – 29 December 1996) was a Welsh clergyman and author.
[1] Born William Thomas Davies, in Mountain Ash, the son of a miner, he took the name "Pennar" (a stream in Mountain Ash and the root of its Welsh name Aberpennar) "as a sign of his identification with the native culture of Wales".
[2] A member of Plaid Cymru, he was co-opted onto its National Executive Committee (Welsh: Pwyllgor Gwaith Cenedlaethol) at Easter 1947,[4] Literary Editor of the party's monthly newspaper, The Welsh Nationalist from March 1947[5] and its Editor from April 1949.
[6] During this period, the newspaper published new poetry by Idris Davies and R. S. Thomas[7] Davies stood as a Parliamentary candidate at Llanelli in the UK general elections of 1964 and the 1966.
His eldest son Dr Meirion Pennar, became a leading Welsh language academic, poet and translator.