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Harrison Ainsworth (William Harrison Ainsworth) was born on 4 February, 1805 in Manchester, England, UK, is a writer. Discover Harrison Ainsworth's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

Popular As William Harrison Ainsworth
Occupation writer
Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 4 February 1805
Birthday 4 February
Birthplace Manchester, England, UK
Date of death 3 January, 1882
Died Place Reigate, Surrey, England, UK
Nationality United Kingdom

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Who Is Harrison Ainsworth's Wife?

His wife is ? (1878 - ?), Fanny Ebers (26 October 1826 - 1838) ( her death) ( 3 children)

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Harrison Ainsworth Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Harrison Ainsworth worth at the age of 77 years old? Harrison Ainsworth’s income source is mostly from being a successful Writer. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Harrison Ainsworth's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

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1805

Harrison was born in Manchester, England, in 1805. He picked up his taste for history and writing as a youngster. His father was a criminal-defense attorney, and as a child William would sit fascinated as his father told tales of the daring highwaymen and bandits he defended. His father also moved in Manchester's social circles, and young William met such literary figures as Charles Dickens and Edward George Bulwer-Lytton at the family estate. The youngster began writing melodramas and plays while still in grammar school, and even set up his own theater in the basement of his parents' home where he would stage these productions, making all the costumes, props and scenery himself. He also began submitting poems and short stories to local literary magazines, and began getting published in such publications as "The New Monthly Magazine", "London Magazine" and "Edinburgh Magazine".

1820

In the early 1820s he struck up a friendship with noted historian Charles Lamb.

1824

In 1824 his father died and Ainsworth, now an attorney, took over his father's law firm in London, and stayed there for two years. He and a friend, John Partington, co-wrote a romance novel, "Sir John Chiverton", which became quite popular and attracted the attention of writer Sir Walter Scott, who wrote Ainsworth to request a meeting.

1826

Ainsworth married Fanny Ebers, the daughter of a prominent book publisher, in 1826. He began helping his father-in-law to run his business, but soon tired of that life and set up his own law practice.

1834

However, he still kept his hand in the writing game, and in 1834 his novel "Rookwood" became a national best-seller. cementing his reputation as an author and giving him the financial security to devote himself full-time to writing.

1839

His novel "Jack Sheppard" (1839) was also a success, both critically and financially.

1840

In addition to writing, Ainsworth was also editor of "Bentley's Miscellany" magazine from 1840-41.

1842

In 1842 Ainsworth began his own literary magazine, "Ainsworth's Magazine", while still working as editor of both "Bentley's Magazine" and "The New Monthly Magazine".

1846

In 1846 he attended a dinner given at the home of Charles Dickens--with whom he had now become close friends--and Dickens gave him a personally signed copy of his new novel, "The Haunted Man".

1854

Unfortunately, he was forced to terminate his own magazine in 1854 for financial reasons but bought "Bentley's Mischellany" (and was forced to sell that in 1868). He was still writing novels and they were selling, but not in the numbers that his earlier ones had, and he soon moved from the glitz and glamour of London to the more staid (and less expensive) seaside community of Brighton.

1867

His financial situation didn't improve much, though, and he eventually moved from Brighton to lower-rent Tunbridge Wells in 1867. He soon had to sell his magazines, and even some of his family property, to stave off financial ruin. He was eventually forced to work for what was called a "penny dreadful" magazine, "Bow Bells" (penny-dreadfuls were adaptations and severely edited versions of major British works, which were then sold--without even covers--for a penny apiece), to make a living. He died at Reigate, Surrey, England, on Jan.

1920

British novelist William Harrison Ainsworth's career lasted so long (60 years) and his output was so prolific that some critics have termed him "the king of historical potboilers". His most lasting of the many books he wrote is probably the series about the infamous highwayman Dick Turpin, which was so popular that there was a successful series of films featuring him in the 1920s.