William Watkins (

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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 Trinity Hall (formally The College or Hall of the Holy Trinity in the University of Cambridge) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It is the fifth-oldest surviving college of the university, having been founded in 1350 by ...

, and worked around

Hay-on-Wye Hay-on-Wye ( cy, Y Gelli Gandryll), simply known locally as "Hay" ( cy, Y Gelli), is a market town and community in Powys, Wales; it was historically in the county of Brecknockshire. With over twenty bookshops, it is often described as "the t ...

. 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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Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge 18th-century births 18th-century deaths 18th-century Welsh writers 18th-century British male writers 18th-century Welsh clergy Place of birth unknown {{Wales-writer-stub