Charles Ashton (historian)

Charles Ashton (c. 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] 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

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

External links

Charles Ashton Letters and Newspaper Cuttings

[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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