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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) [2] [3] was an English historical novelist born at King Street in Manchester. He trained as a lawyer, but the legal profession held no attraction for him.
Ainsworth is a surname with its origins in the Northwest of England. [citation needed] The origin of the word Ainsworth is from the Anglo-Saxon word 'worth' meaning an 'Enclosure', 'Ain' probably having been someone's name.
The locations Ainsworth refers to is the home of his cousin's wife in Chesterfield and the ancient hall belonged to a friend who lived in Cuckfield Place, Sussex. Ainsworth used the settings in combination with his work for his previous novel, Sir John Chiverton.
William Ainsworth may refer to: William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882), English historical novelist; William Francis Ainsworth (1807–1896), English surgeon, traveller, geographer and geologist; William Ainsworth (politician) (1875–1945), Australian politician
The Life and Works of the Lancashire Novelist William Harrison Ainsworth, 1850-1882. Edwin Mellen Press, 2003. Mitchell, Rosemary. Picturing the Past: English History in Text and Image, 1830-1870. OUP Oxford, 2000. Morrison, Kevin A. Encyclopedia of London's East End. McFarland, 2023.
Hilary St. Ives is an 1870 novel in three volumes by the British writer William Harrison Ainsworth.Originally serialised in The New Monthly Magazine during 1869, it was then published in London by Chapman and Hall.
A Francisation of traditional English "Bullen" coming from the French name Boulogne, Boleyn is the surname of a noble English family particularly prominent in the Tudor period. People with this surname include: Anne Boleyn, Queen consort of England (1533–1536), second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I
In Modern Turkish, it is spelled Hanım and is used similarly to the titles of "lady" or "mrs." or "miss" in the English language. The title of Hanımefendi is a combination of the words Khanum (tr. Hanım ) and efendi , and is a more formal title to address women in the modern age.