William Francis Ainsworth

(1807-1896)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Ainsworth, William, 1807-1896 NRA: Ainsworth, William Francis (1807-1896), geographer and geologist DNB: Ainsworth, William Francis (1807-1896), geographer and geologist LBT ID: WiAinsw1896 VIAF ID: 51992906 LOC ID: n87804489	B/BAP: 1807-11-09 DIED: 1896-11-27
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Geographer and travel-writer, author of Researches in Assyria, Babylonia and Chaldaea (1838). He was the cousin of the novelist.
REFERENCES TO William Francis Ainsworth: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 14: Private Life Found 1: ¶ 3 W. H. Ainsworth Found 1: ¶ 5