Arthur Campbell Ainger


Arthur Campbell Ainger was an assistant master at Eton College and a writer of Christian lyrics for hymns, most notably God Is Working His Purpose Out.
Arthur Ainger, whose father was Rev. Thomas Ainger, was educated at Eton College and in 1860 matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge; there he became a Scholar in 1863 and received B.A. in 1864 and M.A. in 1867. He was an assistant master at Eton College from 1864 to 1901. At Trinity College, Cambridge, he gave two Clark Lectures: Chaucer and Shakespeare as a humorist. He was appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order in 1908.
Ainger wrote several books and the texts for more than ten hymns.

Selected publications