John Walters (priest and lexicographer)
John Walters (1721–1797)[1] was a Welsh cleric from Glamorgan in the eighteenth century. He wrote a couple manifestos, including A Dissertation on the Welsh Language (1770), in which he praised the Welsh language.[2] He was a noted lexicographer, publishing An English–Welsh Dictionary in fifteen parts (1770 to 1794). His eldest son was the poet and priest John Walters.[1]
References
- 1 2 Crowe, Richard (May 2005). "Walters, John (bap. 1721, d. 1797)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
- ↑ "The Invention of Tradition", Prys Morgan
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