STEPHENS, THOMAS (1821-1875)
A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature · 1910 · p. 10
—Welsh historian and critic, b. at Pont Nedd Fechan, Glam organs hire, s. of a shoemaker. His works include The Literature of the Kymry (1849), The History of Trial by Jury in Wales , and an e ay in which he demolished the claim of the Welsh under Madoc to the discovery of America. He also wrote on the life and works of the bard Aneurin. The critical methods which he adopted in his works often made him unpopular with the le discriminating enthusiasts for the glory of Wales, but he earned the respect of serious scholars.
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