William Harrison Ainsworth
Potret Ainsworth karya Daniel Maclise[1]
Lahir	(1805-02-04)4 Februari 1805 Manchester, Inggris
Meninggal	3 Januari 1882(1882-01-03) (umur 76)
Kebangsaan	Inggris
Pekerjaan	penulis
Tanda tangan

William Harrison Ainsworth (4 Februari 1805 – 3 Januari 1882) adalah seorang novelis sejarah asal Inggris yang lahir di King Street, Manchester. Ia merupakan pengacara magang, tetapi tak mengambil profesi hukum.

Kutipan Templat:DNB Poster

• Carver, Stephen. The Life and Works of the Lancashire Novelist William Harrison Ainsworth, 1805–1882. Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press, 2003.
• Ellis, S. M. William Harrison Ainsworth and His Friends. London: Garland Publishing, Inc. 1979 [1911].
• Worth, George. William Harrison Ainsworth. New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc. 1972.

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• Karya William Harrison Ainsworth di Project Gutenberg
• Karya oleh/tentang William Harrison Ainsworth di Internet Archive (pencarian dioptimalkan untuk situs non-Beta)
• Karya William Harrison Ainsworth di LibriVox (buku suara domain umum)
• Works by William Harrison Ainsworth Diarsipkan 2019-12-12 di Wayback Machine. via The University of Adelaide Libraries
• Biography of Ainsworth at the Literary Encyclopedia
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• List of web links and list of works by Ainsworth Diarsipkan 2016-10-17 di Wayback Machine.
• "Materi arsip tentang William Harrison Ainsworth". UK National Archives. 
• Anonymous (1873). Cartoon portraits and biographical sketches of men of the day. Illustrated by Frederick Waddy. London: Tinsley Brothers. hlm. 138–39. Diakses tanggal 13 March 2011. 
• Potret {{{name}}} di National Portrait Gallery, London
• Ainsworth's Magazine, fulltext
• Stephen Carver, William Harrison Ainsworth: The Life and Adventures of the Lancashire Novelist In Fukui Daigaku Kyouiku Chiiki Kagakubu no Kenkyu Kiyou vol I, 59 (Japan 2003): 1–23.
• (Inggris) William Harrison Ainsworth di Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• William Harrison Ainsworth di Library of Congress Authorities, dengan 93 catatanue katalog