GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
2943
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-3168)
Name
George Atherton Aitken
Title
Mr.
Gender
Male
Lived
b. 1860-03-19 d. 1917-11-16 (new)
Manuscripts
Associated Places
Source of Data (Contributor name)
Hannah Yip
Biographical Sources Consulted
Hope Johnston, ‘Early Printed Chaucer Editions in the Harry Ransom Center’s George A. Aitken Collection’, Journal of the Early Book Society, 17 (2014), 311–325
Other note
George Atherton Aitken was born in Barkingside, Essex on 19 March 1860. He studied English at University College London, subsequently entering the civil service in 1883. In 1889, he published a two-volume biography of Richard Steele. Aitken transferred to the Home Office in 1892. In 1913, Aitken became head of the Children's Department at the Home Office. Notably, he became a Companion of the Order of Bath in 1917. He died on November 16 of the same year at the age of fifty-seven.
Attached URL
http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/taro/uthrc/00874/hrc-00874.html George Atherton Aitken: An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center.
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F50692 TNA Catalogue entry for George Atherton Aitken.
GEMMS record created
October 27, 2020
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024