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William Harrison Ainsworth

1805 - 1882

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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist born at King Street in Manchester. He trained as a lawyer, but the legal profession held no attraction for him. While completing his legal studies in London he met the publisher John Ebers, at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket. Ebers introduced Ainsworth to literary and dramatic circles, and to his daughter, who became Ainsworth's wife. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Harrison Ainsworth is the 5,158th most popular writer (up from 5,401st in 2019), the 4,100th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 439th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, William Harrison Ainsworth ranks 5,158 out of 7,302. Before him are Carme Riera, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Jean Clair, Yordan Yovkov, Yurii Andrukhovych, and Jacqueline Susann. After him are Yashpal, Dagny Carlsson, Alicia Giménez Bartlett, Béatrix Beck, Edward James, and Paula Hawkins.

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Among people born in 1805, William Harrison Ainsworth ranks 71. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Nothomb, William Lloyd Garrison, Karl Ferdinand Sohn, Josef Danhauser, Michael Sars, and Samuel Ryan Curtis. After him are Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg, Samuel Palmer, Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, Tomás Frías, James Wilson, and Salustiano de Olózaga y Almandoz. Among people deceased in 1882, William Harrison Ainsworth ranks 72. Before him are Juraj Dobrila, Katarina Ivanović, James Spriggs Payne, Charles Wyville Thomson, Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff, and Ion Andreescu. After him are William Barton Rogers, William Shanks, George Perkins Marsh, Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, Francisco Javier Zaldúa, and Hablot Knight Browne.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, William Harrison Ainsworth ranks 4,101 out of 8,785. Before him are Francis Crozier (1796), Christopher Middleton (1690), Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923), Louis Fraser (1810), Jill Esmond (1908), and Paul Sandby (1725). After him are Sam Riley (1980), Lisa Stansfield (1966), Juliet Mills (1941), Edward James (1907), Helen Allingham (1848), and Gwyneth Jones (1936).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Harrison Ainsworth ranks 439. Before him are Sarah Kane (1971), Linda Grant (1951), Alan Woods (1944), Stephen Spender (1909), Joan Aiken (1924), and Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923). After him are Edward James (1907), Bob Shaw (1931), Edith Sitwell (1887), Brian Lumley (1937), Gillian Rubinstein (1942), and Joyce Mansour (1928).

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