Arthur Campbell Ainger, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetArthur Campbell Ainger
English clergyman and hymn writer
Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1841
Date of Death: 26-Oct-1919
Profession: writer, hymnwriter
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Arthur Campbell Ainger
- Arthur Campbell Ainger (4 July 1841, Greenwich, Kent – 26 October 1919, Mustians, Eton, Berkshire) was an assistant master at Eton College and a writer of Christian lyrics for hymns, most notably God Is Working His Purpose Out (1894).Arthur Ainger, whose father was Rev.
- Thomas Ainger, 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.
- He was an assistant master at Eton College from 1864 to 1901.
- At Trinity College, Cambridge, he gave two Clark Lectures: Chaucer (1900) and Shakespeare as a humorist (1901).
- He was appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in 1908.Ainger wrote several books and the texts for more than ten hymns.
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