See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• HARRISON
• HARRISON, BENJAMIN
• HARRISON, FREDERIC (1831— )
• HARRISON, JOHN (1693—1776)
• HARRISON, THOMAS (16o6-166o)
• HARRISON, THOMAS ALEXANDER (1853– )
• HARRISON, WILLIAM (1534–1593)
• HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY (1773–1841)

HARRISON See also:

• AINSWORTH, HENRY (1571–1622)
• AINSWORTH, ROBERT (166o-1743)
• WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH (1805-1882)

AINSWORTH (1805-1882)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English novelist, son of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• AINSWORTH, HENRY (1571–1622)
• AINSWORTH, ROBERT (166o-1743)
• AINSWORTH, WILLIAM HARRISON (1805-1882)

Ainsworth, See also:

• SOLICITOR

solicitor, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• MANCHESTER
• MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-Sea)
• MANCHESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Manchester on the 4th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 18o5 . He was educated at Manchester See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

Grammar School and articled to the See also:

• FIRM

firm of which his See also:

• FATHER

father was a member, proceeding to See also:

• LONDON

London in 1824 to See also:

• COMPLETE

complete his legal training at the Inner See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twenty-one he married a daughter of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• EBERS, GEORG MORITZ (1837-1898)

Ebers the publisher, and started in his father-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law's See also:

• LINE

line of business . This, however, soon proved unprofitable and he decided to See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• WORK

work . A novel called See also:

• SIR

Sir John Chiverton, in which he appears to have had a See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share, had attracted the praise of Sir See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott, and this encouragement decided him to take up fiction as a career . In 1834 he published Rookwood, which had an immediate success, and thenceforth he was always occupied with the compilation of " See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical " novels . He published about See also:

• FORTY

forty such stories, of which the best-known are See also:

• JACK

Jack See also:

• SHEPPARD, JOHN [JACK] (1702-1724)

Sheppard (1839), The See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower of London (184o), See also:

• GUY, THOMAS (1644–1724)

Guy See also:

• FAWKES, FRANCIS (1720-1777)
• FAWKES, GUY (1570-1606)

Fawkes (1841), Old St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul's (1841) and See also:

• WINDSOR
• WINDSOR (properly NEw WINDSOR)

Windsor See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle (1843) . He edited See also:

• BENTLEY, RICHARD (1662-1742)
• BENTLEY, RICHARD (1794-1871)

Bentley's See also:

• MISCELLANY

Miscellany, in which Jack Sheppard was published as a serial, and in 1842 he became proprietor of Ainsworth's See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine . In 1853 it ceased to appear, and Ainsworth bought the New Monthly Magazine . He continued his literary activity until his See also:

• DEATH

death, but his later stories were less striking than the earlier ones . He died at See also:

• REIGATE

Reigate on the 3rd of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1882 and was buried at Kensal See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

Green . Ainsworth had a lively See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent for See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot, and his books have many attractive qualities .

The glorification of See also:

• DICK, ROBERT
• DICK, THOMAS (1774-1857)

Dick See also:

• TURPIN (d. c. 800)
• TURPIN, FRANCOIS HENRI (17og-1799)
• TURPIN, RICHARD [Drcx] (1706-1739)

Turpin in Rookwood, and of Jack Sheppard in the novel that bears his name, caused considerable outcry among straitlaced elders . In his later novels Ainsworth confined himself to heroes less open to See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism . His See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style was not without archaic affectation and awkwardness, but when his energies were aroused by a striking situation he could be brisk, vigorous and impressive . He did a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• DEAL

deal to See also:

• INTEREST

interest the less educated classes in the historical romances of their See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, and his tales were invariably instructive, clean and manly .