George Atherton Aitken

George Atherton Aitken CB, MVO (19 March 1860 – 16 November 1917) was a British civil servant, author, scholar, a literary biographer[1] and a book collector.[2] During his lifetime, Aitken became an expert on the Queen Anne period of English literature.[3]

George Atherton Aitken
Born(1860-03-19)19 March 1860
Barkingside, Essex, England
Died16 November 1917(1917-11-16) (aged 57)
Hampstead, London, England
Alma materUniversity College London
Occupation(s)British civil servant, author, scholar, literary biographer
Spouse
Emma Cawthorne
(m. 1903)
  1. ^ James Hardin, Gale Cengage (1995). Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-century British Literary Biographers. ISBN 9780810357105.
  2. ^ "U.S. Library of Congress Record of George A. Aitken".
  3. ^ "George A. Aitken. (2001). In Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors". Gale.