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Record Number: 24444


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

John Wilson Croker to his wife, whilst in Oxford for the installation of the Duke of Wellington as Chancellor of the University, 12 June 1834: 'The dinner at Christ Church was very fine [...] we dined at five, and got away by daylight [...] The Master and his wife had dined at Brasenose, and did not come back till I had come to Ned [Edward Giffard]'s rat-hole, where I read till eleven o'clock, and then went to bed.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

12 Jun 1834

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Oxford
county: Oxfordshire
specific address: Pembroke College

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

John Wilson Croker

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1780

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Politician

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

24444

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Louis J. Jennings

Title:

The Croker Papers. The Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.D., F.R.S, Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 to 1830.

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1884

Vol:

2

Page:

229

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Louis J. Jennings (ed.), The Croker Papers. The Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.D., F.R.S, Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 to 1830. (London, 1884), 2, p. 229, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=24444, accessed: 18 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Edward Giffard had recently entered Pembroke College; see note on p.225 in source.

   
   
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