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