Charles Ashton (historian)
Charles Ashton (1848 – 13 October 1899) was a Welsh literary historian and bibliophile, born in Llawr-y-glyn, Montgomeryshire (Powys).
A police officer by profession,[1] Ashton is chiefly remembered for his pioneering and thorough survey of 17th to 19th century Welsh literature, Hanes Llenyddiaeth Gymreig o 1651 hyd 1850, published in 1893.[2] Ashton committed suicide after attacking his wife with a razor in 1899.[3]
Works
- Bywyd ac Amserau yr Esgob Morgan (1891)
- Gweithiau Iolo Goch (1896)
- Hanes Llenyddiaeth Gymreig 1650-1850 (1893)
- Llyfryddiaeth y 19eg Ganrif (1908)
References
- ↑ "Purely Personal". Ellensburgh Localizer. 12 October 1892. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
- ↑ "Literary Notes". Otago Witness. 26 October 1893. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
- ↑ "Personalities". Aurora Daily Express. 1 December 1899. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
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