Charles Ashton (historian)
British writer
Intro | British writer | |
Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | |
was | Writer | |
Work field | Literature | |
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Birth | 1 January 1848 | |
Death | 13 October 1899 (aged 51 years) |
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, 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. Ashton committed suicide after attacking his wife with a razor in 1899.