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. Crowe, Richard (May 2005). "Walters, John (bap. 1721, d. 1797)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
2. "The Invention of Tradition", Prys Morgan