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Ainsworth, William Francis

(1807–1896)

Elizabeth Baigent

https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/242

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Ainsworth, William Francis (1807–1896), geographer and geologist, was born in Exeter, where he was baptized at St David’s on 6 November 1807 (some sources state that he was born on the previous day), the third son of John Ainsworth (1771–1849) of ...

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date: 02 March 2021

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