Charles Ashton (historian)

Charles Ashton (1848 – 13 October 1899) was a Welsh literary historian and bibliophile, born in Llawr-y-glyn, Montgomeryshire (Powys).

Charles Ashton

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] He also published a history of Dinas Mawddwy in 1892.[3]

Ashton committed suicide after attacking his wife with a razor in 1899.[4]

Works
  • Bywyd ac Amserau yr Esgob Morgan (1891)
  • Gweithiau Iolo Goch (1896)
  • Hanes Llenyddiaeth Gymreig 1650-1850 (1893)
  • Llyfryddiaeth y 19eg Ganrif (1908)

References
  1. "Purely Personal". Ellensburgh Localizer. 12 October 1892. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  2. "Literary Notes". Otago Witness. 26 October 1893. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  3. Ashton, Charles (1892). A Guide to Dinas Mawddwy. Machynlleth: J. J. Gibson.
  4. "Personalities". Aurora Daily Express. 1 December 1899. Retrieved 11 March 2010.


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