Robert Ainsworth (September 1660— 4 April 1743) was an English Latin lexicographer, and author of the well-known compendious Dictionary of the Latin Tongue. He was born at Eccles, near Salford, Lancashire in September 1660. After he had finished his own education, he commenced schoolmaster at Bolton: hence he removed to London; and at Bethnal Green, Hackney, and other suburban villages, continued to keep a school, until he was fortunate enough to realize a competency, some years too before his death. In 1736, after about twenty years' labour, he published his great work, with a dedication to Dr. Mead, and a preface explaining his reasons for undertaking it. Improved editions by Patrick, Ward, Young, and Morell have successively appeared; Ward and Young's (1752) in folio, the others in 4to. Dr. Carey's (1816) is a more recent version, and has been esteemed as one of the best. There are also abridgments by Young and Morell. // Events January 1 - Colonel George Monck with his regiment crosses from Scotland to England at the village of Coldstream and begins advance towards London in support of English Restoration. ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... // Events February 14 - Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister February 21 - - The premiere in London of George Frideric Handels oratorio, Samson. ... The English are an ethnic group or nation primarily associated with England and the English language. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... A lexicographer is a person devoted to the study of lexicography, especially an author of a dictionary. ... Location within the British Isles Eccles is a Small Town in the northwest of England that is in the metropolitan borough of the City of Salford but not, traditionally, part of Salford. ... Refurbished 1960s built high rise apartments Salford is a city in the north-west of England. ... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Statistics Population: 139,403 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD715095 Administration Metropolitan borough: Bolton Metropolitan county: Greater Manchester Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Greater Manchester Historic county: Lancashire Services Police force: Greater Manchester Ambulance service: North West Post office and telephone... Bethnal Green is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the heart of Londons East End. ... Hackney Town Hall was built in the 1930s for the old Metropolitan Borough. ...

This dictionary was undoubtedly a great improvement upon all that had preceded it in England: that of Dr. Adam was a further advance; but a good school dictionary is still wanted, and the works of Facciolati and Scheller, now so accessible to the English scholar through the translations of Bailey and Riddle, present abundant assistance towards the composition of such a book. Ainsworth was author of A Short Treatise on Grammar, and some smaller pieces. He is said to have been a hunter after old coins and other curiosities. He died on the 4th April, 1713, at the age of 77. He was buried at Poplar, and an inscription in Latin verse, written by himself, was placed over his remains and those of his wife. This article is about woody plants of the genus Populus. ...

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