Peter Davies (9) (1937–2018)

[excerpted from R. John Howe: Textiles and Text website]
Born December 5, 1937, in Cardiff, Wales, Peter was the first of three children, and Peter was raised to a significant degree by his grandmother, living in Cardiff through World War II. After the war, his mother married an American GI and moved with his mother to Hinsdale, Illinois.

His university degrees in English Literature and Theatre History led to teaching jobs at the American College of Izmir, Turkey, Loyola of Montreal, Tulane University in New Orleans, and Simons Rock in Great Barrington. He sometimes wrote and frequently directed chamber theatre productions, establishing the Tangled Fringe theatre company in the 1970s in the Berkshires. He oversaw three historic home restorations, designed landscapes and installed gardens of great beauty, led tours focused on the history and culture of Turkey, and engaged in community and environmental activism.