Arthur Campbell Ainger

Arthur Campbell Ainger MVO (4 July 1841, Greenwich, Kent – 26 October 1919, Eton, now in Berkshire) was an assistant master at Eton College from 1864 to 1901.[1] and wrote the text of more than ten Christian hymns,[2] most notably God Is Working His Purpose Out (1894).[3]

"m’tutor". Caricature of Arthur Ainger by Spy in Vanity Fair in February 1901

Ainger, whose father was Rev. Thomas Ainger,[4] was educated at Eton College, and in 1860 matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge; there he became a Scholar in 1863 and graduated B.A. (16th in Classics Tripos) in 1864 and M.A. in 1867.[5] At Trinity College he gave two Clark Lectures: Chaucer (1900) and Shakespeare as a humorist (1901).[6] He was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in 1908.[5]

Ainger also wrote several books.[1]

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
  1. "Ainger, Arthur Campbell". Who's Who: 20. 1919.
  2. "Arthur Campbell Ainger". Hymnary.org.
  3. "God Is Working His Purpose Out". Hymnary.org.
  4. "Ainger, Thomas (ANGR816T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. "Ainger, Arthur Campbell (ANGR860AC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  6. "Past Clark Lectures". Trinity College Cambridge.


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