Record Number: 22686

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Mr Jackson - a quondam Chymist, well known for his Projects to destroy the Worm which perforates the Bottoms of Ships - and Husband to the Woman mentioned on Page 58. had a mind to turn Scholar, so got him a Greek Testament & took to reading history'.

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Until: 30 Jun 1777

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Humphrey Jackson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Chemist

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[history]

Genre:

Classics, History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

22686

Source:

Print

Author:

Hester Lynch Thrale

Editor:

Katharine C Balderston

Title:

Thraliana

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1951

Vol:

I

Page:

101

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C Balderston (ed.), Thraliana (Oxford, 1951), I , p. 101, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=22686, accessed: 24 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None