Author:George Atherton Aitken

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George Atherton Aitken (1860–1917)

Victorian-period public servant and man of letters, George A. Aitken was an expert on the Queen Anne period of English literature. This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, and the list on this page is complete to 1901. Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "G. A. A."

Works

• The life and works of John Arbuthnot, M.D., fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Clarendon Press, 1892) at Internet Archive
• The life of Richard Steele (W. Isbister, limited, 1889) at Internet Archive
• Later Stuart tracts at Internet Archive

Edited works

• Defoe, Daniel The life, adventures, & piracies of the famous Captain Singleton. Edited by George A. Aitken
• Marvell, Andrew. Satires. Edited by G.A. Aitken
• 1898-9 reprint of Tatler. Edited by G.A. Aitken, originally edited by Richard Steele.

Contributions to the DNB

DNB00

• Killigrew, Anne
• Killigrew, Henry (1613-1700)
• King, William (1663-1712)
• Lewis, Erasmus
• Lintot, Barnaby Bernard
• Manley, Mary de la Riviere
• Meston, William
• Mist, Nathaniel
• Motteux, Peter Anthony
• Newcomb, Thomas
• Nichols, John (1745-1826)
• Oldmixon, John
• Osborne, Thomas
• Pakington, John (1671-1727)
• Palmer, John (1742-1818)
• Parnell, Thomas
• Pennecuik, Alexander
• Petrie, Martin
• Philips, John
• Pontack, —
• Pordage, Samuel
• Povey, Charles
• Radcliffe, John (1650-1714)
• Riddell, Robert
• Ridpath, George (d.1726)
• Robinson, Anastasia
• Roper, Abel
• Ross, Alexander (1590-1654)
• Ross, Alexander (1699-1784)
• Ruddiman, Thomas
• Selkirk, Alexander
• Shadwell, Thomas
• Shenstone, William
• Spencer, Dorothy
• Sundon, Charlotte Clayton
• Taverner, William
• Tickell, Thomas
• Tonson, Jacob
• Tutchin, John
• Ward, Edward (1667-1731)
• Welsted, Leonard
• Wentworth, Thomas (1672-1739)
• Wycherley, William

DNB01

• Baker, Thomas Barwick Lloyd
• Chambers, Robert (1832-1888)
• Fripp, George Arthur

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1923. The author died in 1917, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.