Charles Ashton (historian)

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,[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] Ashton committed suicide after attacking his wife with a razor in 1899.[3]

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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. "Personalities". Aurora Daily Express. 1 December 1899. Retrieved 11 March 2010.

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