The New International Encyclopædia/Ainsworth, Robert

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2422513The New International Encyclopædia, Volume I A - Aristogoras — Ainsworth, Robert

AINSWORTH, Robert (1660-1743). An English lexicographer, author of a Latin dictionary which was once extensively used. He was born near Manchester and taught school in London. He began his dictionary in 1714; it was first published in 1736.