William Harrison Ainsworth

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Milestones

4 February 1805

Prolific novelist, poet, and magazine editor WHA was born in Manchester.
Corey, Melinda, and George Ochoa, editors. The Encyclopedia of the Victorian World. Henry Holt and Company.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder.

3 January 1882

WHA , historical novelist and editor, died in poverty at Belvedere, St Mary's Road, Reigate, Surrey.
Sutherland, John. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder.

Biography

Novels and Magazines

4 February 1805

Prolific novelist, poet, and magazine editor WHA was born in Manchester.
Corey, Melinda, and George Ochoa, editors. The Encyclopedia of the Victorian World. Henry Holt and Company.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder.

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