Alfred Ainger

Alfred Ainger
"Temple Reader" Caricature by "Spy" (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, 1892
Born	(1837-02-09)9 February 1837
Died
Occupation	Biographer and critic
Nationality	English

Alfred Ainger (9 February 1837 – 8 February 1904) was an English biographer and critic.

Biography

The son of an architect in London he was educated at University College School, King's College London and Trinity College, Cambridge, from where he subsequently entered the Church, and, after holding various minor preferments, became Master of the Temple in July 1894.

He was appointed an Honorary Chaplain to Queen Victoria 28 January 1895, and a Chaplain-in-Ordinary to her Majesty 2 March 1896.

He wrote memoirs of Thomas Hood and George Crabbe, but is best known for his biography of Charles Lamb and his edition of Lamb's works in 6 volumes (1883–88). He was a contributor the Dictionary of National Biography, writing the entries on Lamb, Alfred Tennyson, Frederick Tennyson, Charles Tennyson Turner and George Louis Palmella Busson Du Maurier, under the initials "A.A.".

Works

• Crabbe (1903), in the English Men of Letters series
• Charles Lamb (1908)
• The Letters of Charles Lamb; Vol - II
• Lectures and essays (Volume 1)
• Lectures and essays (Volume 2)

Works

• English Men of Letters: Crabbe (1903)
• Charles Lamb (1908)
• The Letters of Charles Lamb Vol - II (1904)
• Lectures and Essays (Volume 1)
• Lectures and Essays (Volume 2)

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London: J. M. Dent & Sons. Wikisource 

External links

• Works by Alfred Ainger at Project Gutenberg