William Francis Harrison Ainsworth
| William Francis Harrison Ainsworth FGS, FSA, FRGS | |||||||||
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| Born | 1807 | ||||||||
| Died | 1896 | ||||||||
| Residence | Ravenscourt Villa Hammersmith | ||||||||
| Occupation |
medical academic | ||||||||
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Contents
Notes
Office Notes
ESL Council 1857-58 member
ESL Council 1858-59 member
ESL Council 1859-60 member [retiring]
House Notes
honorary secretary to the Syro-Egyptian Society FRGS FSA a corresponding member of several foreign societies
'harrison' mentioned only A1 f.216 Not sure which of two below this is
Committee for selection and publication of papers Feb 58; Publication committee Jul 58;
Notes From Elsewhere
William Francis Ainsworth (1807–1896) was an English surgeon, traveller, geographer and geologist, known also as a writer and editor.
After his return to England in 1841 Ainsworth settled at Hammersmith, and assisted his cousin, William Harrison Ainsworth, in the conduct of several magazines, including Ainsworth's Magazine, Bentley's Miscellany, and the New Monthly Magazine. In 1871 he succeeded his cousin as editor of the New Monthly, and continued in the post until 1879.
For some years he acted as honorary secretary to the Syro-Egyptian Society, founded in 1844, and he was concerned to promote the Euphrates and Tigris valley route to India, with which Chesney's expedition had been connected. He was one of the founders of the West London Hospital, and its honorary treasurer until his death at 11 Wolverton Gardens, Hammersmith, on 27 November 1896. He was the last survivor of the original fellows of the Royal Geographical Society from its formation in 1830, was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries on 14 April 1853, and was also a corresponding member of several foreign societies. He married, and left a son and two daughters
OR HIS COUSIN
William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist born 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.
Publications
External Publications
Ainsworth's Magazine, Bentley's Miscellany, and the New Monthly Magazine
House Publications
On the Sabaeus dwelling near the mouth of the Euphrates 10 Feb. 1858 abstract TES i [130]
the Assyrian origin of the Izedis or Yezidis - the so-called devil worshippers TES i, 11-44
