WATKIN, EVAN (fl. circa 1801 — circa 1845), schoolmaster and writer;
member of the Watkin family of Moelcerni, near Aberystwyth. He was a pupil at Ystradmeurig school, but does not appear to have proceeded to Oxford. In Jan. 1821 he was in London, seeking a post in a school; it is known that he taught at schools in Twickenham, London, Totteridge (Hertfordshire), Cheltenham, Aberystwyth, Worcester, Cheltenham (Charlton), Bath (Belvedere), and again at Cheltenham. He wrote (1) A new translation of Homer's Iliad, with notes, by Blank Blank, Esq. (London, published by A. Robertson and Co. Printed by J. Cox, Aberystwyth, 1825); (2) A Key to the Greek Language (London, A. Robertson and Co.); (3) Greek Delectus for the Use of Schools; (4) Greek Grammar. He relinquished teaching in 1840 and edited, for John Cox (q.v.), Aberystwyth, The Demetian Mirror, or Aberystwith Reporter, of which twelve parts appeared.
Bibliography:
- Jnl. W.B.S., ii, 232, 270;
- N.L.W. MSS. 3295-6.
Author:
Sir William Llewelyn Davies, M.A., LL.D., F.S.A. (1887-1952), Aberystwyth
