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 Portrait of Alfred Aigner byHugh Goldwin Rivière | |
| Born | (1837-02-09)9 February 1837 |
| Died | 8 February 1904(1904-02-08) (aged 66) |
| Occupation | Biographer andcritic |
| Nationality | English |
Alfred Ainger (9 February 1837 – 8 February 1904) was anEnglishbiographer and critic.
The son of an architect inLondon, he was educated atUniversity College School,King's College London andTrinity College, Cambridge,[1] from where he subsequently entered the Church, and, after holding various minor preferments (including teaching atSheffield Collegiate School from 1864 to 1866),[2] becameMaster of the Temple in July 1894.[3] He was appointed anHonorary Chaplain toQueen Victoria 28 January 1895,[4] and aChaplain-in-Ordinary to her Majesty 2 March 1896.[5]
He wrote memoirs ofThomas Hood andGeorge Crabbe, but is best known for his biography ofCharles Lamb and his edition of Lamb's works in 6 volumes (1883–88).[6] He was a contributor theDictionary of National Biography, writing the entries on Lamb,Alfred Tennyson,Frederick Tennyson,Charles Tennyson Turner andGeorge du Maurier, under the initials "A.A.".
In 1906Edith Sichel published a 354-page biography of Ainger.[7][8]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Cousin, John William (1910).A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London: J. M. Dent & Sons – viaWikisource.
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