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​AINSWORTH, WILLIAM HARRISON (1805–1882), novelist, was born in King Street, Manchester, 4 Feb.

1805, in a house that has long since been demolished. His father was a solicitor in good practice, and the son had all the advantage that educational facilities could afford.

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Ainsworth was an author of popular historical romances.

William Harrison Ainsworth was an English author of popular historical romances.

William Harrison Ainsworth, the elder of two sons of Thomas Ainsworth (–), a solicitor, and his wife, Ann Harrison (–), the daughter of a.

William Harrison Ainsworth, an English writer of historical fiction, was born on 4 Feb in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.

He was sent to the Manchester grammar school, and in ‘Mervyn Clitheroe’ has left an interesting and accurate picture of its then condition, which may be contrasted with that of an earlier period left by the ‘English opium-eater.’ At sixteen, a brilliant, handsome youth, with more taste for romance and the drama than for the dry details of the law, he was articled to Mr.

Alexander Kay, a leading solicitor of Manchester. The closest friend of his youth was Mr. James Crossley, who was some years older, but shared his intellectual taste and literary enthusiasm. A drama, written for private theatricals in his father's house, was printed in