David John Williams
- 1902–06: He worked as a miner in Ferndale.
- 1908–10: Williams received training as a teacher in Llandrillio primary school.
- 1911: Attended the University College at Aberystwyth.
- 1916: After graduating and winning a Meyricke scholarship, he attended Jesus College, Oxford.
- 1918: He graduated from Oxford University.
- 1925: Married Siân Evans and they set up home in Fishguard. He was one of the founder members of Plaid Cymru.
- 1929: He published 'A. E. a Chymru'.
- 1936–37: Along with Saunders Lewis and Lewis Valentine, he burned down a Bombing School in Penyberth near Pwllheli, and the three were imprisoned for nine months at Wormwood Scrubs.
- He published many stories that depicted rural life in Carmarthenshire, including 'Storïau'r Tir Glas' (1936), 'Storïau'r Tir Coch' (1941), 'Storiau'r Tir Du' (1949), 'Hen dy ffarm' (1953) and 'Yn chwech ar hugain oed' (1959).
- 1963: He was elected President of the Welsh Academy.
- 1966: A selection of the 'Storiau'r Tir' is published.
- 1968: Publishes the pamohled 'Codi'r faner'.
‘He held a deep love for the rural life of Carmarthenshire, but he did not rest content with sentimentality. He saw the Wales that he found worth living and dying for mirrored in his native “square mile”.’ – Hywel Teifi Edwards, Dictionary of Welsh Biography.