FDA-Sc.209-2022
Parts
Object number
FDA-Sc.209-2022
Object type
Identification
Title
Arthur Campbell Ainger
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Rectangular white marble memorial (landscape orientation) with mottled red alabaster frame and lettering
Description
Inscription
Incised lettering: 'ETONENSIBUS SUIS NOTUS / ET CARUS HIC REQUIESCIT / ARTURUS CAMPBELL AINGER .A M. / QUI ETONAE ANNOS EXEGIT / VII DISCIPULUS . XXXVIII MAGISTER / ADJUSTOR . PRIVATUS XVIII . ETONAM / SCRIPTIS ET CARMINE ILLUSTRAVIT . / ETONAE OBIIT DIE OCT . XXVII . / A.D. MCMXIX . AET . SUAE LXXIX .'
[Translates as: 'Known to and beloved by his fellow Etonians, here rests Arthur Campbell Ainger, M.A., who spent his years at Eton - seven as a pupil, 38 as a master, and 18 as a private tutor. He brought renown to Eton through his writings and verse. He died at Eton on October 27, 1919, in his 79th year.']
[Translates as: 'Known to and beloved by his fellow Etonians, here rests Arthur Campbell Ainger, M.A., who spent his years at Eton - seven as a pupil, 38 as a master, and 18 as a private tutor. He brought renown to Eton through his writings and verse. He died at Eton on October 27, 1919, in his 79th year.']
Material
alabaster
Production
Date
c.1919
History and association
Associated person
Ainger, Arthur Campbell, 1841 - 1919 (Subject)
