Charles Wilkins (writer)

Charles Wilkins
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Black-and-white portrait photograph of a bearded gentleman
Born(1830-08-16)16 August 1830
Stonehouse, Gloucestershire
Died2 August 1913(1913-08-02) (aged 82)
Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire
Occupation(s)Postmaster, librarian
Known forHistorical accounts of Wales and its industries
Notable work• The History of Merthyr Tydfil (1867,[1] 1908[2])

• The History of the Literature of Wales from 1300 to 1650 (1884)[3]
• The South Wales Coal Trade and Its Allied Industries (1888)[4]
• The History of the Iron, Steel, Tinplate and Other Trades of Wales (1903)[5]

• The Red Dragon (1882–1887, writer and founding editor)

Charles Wilkins (bardic name: Catwg, 16 August 1830 – 2 August 1913) of Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, was a prolific writer of historical accounts of Wales and its industries. He produced pioneering reference works on the histories of Merthyr Tydfil and Newport; the coal, iron, and steel trades of South Wales; and Welsh literature. He was also founding editor of The Red Dragon: The National Magazine of Wales.

  1. ^ "The History of Merthyr Tydfil". 1867.
  2. ^ The history of Merthyr Tydfil. J. Williams and sons. 1908.
  3. ^ The history of the literature of Wales, from the year 1300 to the year 1650. Cardiff. 29 August 1884.
  4. ^ The South Wales coal trade and its allied industries, from the earliest days to the present time /. 29 August 1888.
  5. ^ "The history of the iron, steel, tinplate and ... Other trades of Wales : With descriptive sketches of the land and the people during the great industrial era under review". 1903.