Record Number: 5436

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"It so happened that a retired Scotch physician, who had settled in the town, chanced to read this notice, and, interested in all related to his gifted countryman [Burns], timidly asked if he would be allowed admission [to a Burns' Night supper organised by the Falcon Harmonic Society]."

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Middlesex

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:

a Scotch physician

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

physician

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

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:

Falcon Harmonic Society

Title:

Notice of a Burns Supper

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Poster

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5436

Source:

Print

Author:

John Bedford Leno

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Aftermath: with Autobiography of the Author, John Bedford Leno

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1892

Vol:

n/a

Page:

20

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John Bedford Leno, The Aftermath: with Autobiography of the Author, John Bedford Leno (London, 1892), p. 20, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5436, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None