Charles Ashton (historian)

British writer
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IntroBritish writer
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
wasWriter
Work fieldLiterature
Gender
Male
Birth1 January 1848
Death13 October 1899 (aged 51 years)
The details

Biography

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.

Works

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