Charles Ashton
Encyclopedia
Charles Ashton 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.
Llawryglyn
Llawr y Glyn is a small hamlet in Powys in the heart of Mid Wales. It lies about 10 miles west of the town of Newtown. It has changed very little over the passage of time, as it is primarily an agricultural community.- External links :*...
, Montgomeryshire
Montgomeryshire
Montgomeryshire, also known as Maldwyn is one of thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. Montgomeryshire is still used as a vice-county for wildlife recording...
(Powys
Powys
Powys is a local-government county and preserved county in Wales.-Geography:Powys covers the historic counties of Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, most of Brecknockshire , and a small part of Denbighshire — an area of 5,179 km², making it the largest county in Wales by land area.It is...
).
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)