About: William Watkins (cleric)

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William Watkins (fl. 1750–1762) was a cleric and writer, based in Breconshire. Little is known about his life other than that he spent some time at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and worked around Hay-on-Wye. As a writer Watkins authored A Treatise on Forest Trees (1753), the earliest published book about trees in Wales. Watkins had a wife and daughter, but both died from smallpox in 1752.

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  • William Watkins (fl. 1750–1762) was a cleric and writer, based in Breconshire. Little is known about his life other than that he spent some time at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and worked around Hay-on-Wye. As a writer Watkins authored A Treatise on Forest Trees (1753), the earliest published book about trees in Wales. Watkins had a wife and daughter, but both died from smallpox in 1752. (en)
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  • William Watkins (fl. 1750–1762) was a cleric and writer, based in Breconshire. Little is known about his life other than that he spent some time at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and worked around Hay-on-Wye. As a writer Watkins authored A Treatise on Forest Trees (1753), the earliest published book about trees in Wales. Watkins had a wife and daughter, but both died from smallpox in 1752. (en)
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  • William Watkins (cleric) (en)
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