John Hobson Matthews

1858 – 1914

John Hobson Matthews (1858 – 23 January 1914) was an English-born Welsh Roman Catholic poet, Celticist, historian, archivist and solicitor.

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"Nowadays people read history with the simple desire to obtain accurate information upon all points connected both with the public and private life of their forefathers, and demand rather a digest of authentic records than a literary essay."