Arthur Campbell Ainger MVO (4 July 1841, in Greenwich, Kent – 26 October 1919, in Mustians, Eton, Berkshire) was an assistant master at Eton College[1] and a writer of Christian lyrics for hymns, most notably God Is Working His Purpose Out (1894).[2]
Arthur Ainger, whose father was Rev. Thomas Ainger,[3] was educated at Eton College and in 1860 matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge; there he became a Scholar in 1863 and received B.A. (16th in Classics Tripos) in 1864 and M.A. in 1867.[4] He was an assistant master at Eton College from 1864 to 1901.[1] At Trinity College, Cambridge, he gave two Clark Lectures: Chaucer (1900) and Shakespeare as a humorist (1901).[5] He was appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in 1908.[4]
Ainger wrote several books[1] and the texts for more than ten hymns.[6]
Selected publications
- with H. G. Wintle: The Eton Latin grammar. Pt. I. Elementary. 1887.
- Heathcote, J. M., ed. (1890). "Fives by A. Ainger". Tennis. pp. 411–434. (See Fives.)
- Heathcote, J. M., ed. (1890). "A Song of Fives, words by A. Ainger, music by J. Barnby". Tennis. pp. 435–436.
- with H. G. Wintle: An English-Latin gradus or verse dictionary. 1891.
- Memories of Eton sixty years ago, by Arthur Campbell Ainger, with contributions from Neville Gerald Lyttelton and John Murray. 1917.
References
- ^ a b c "Ainger, Arthur Campbell". Who's Who: 20. 1919.
- ^ "God Is Working His Purpose Out". Hymnary.org.
- ^ "Ainger, Thomas (ANGR816T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b "Ainger, Arthur Campbell (ANGR860AC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Past Clark Lectures". Trinity College Cambridge.
- ^ "Arthur Campbell Ainger". Hymnary.org.
External links
- Works written by or about Arthur Campbell Ainger at Wikisource