Record Number: 5666

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

H. J. Jackson notes how annotations made in 1871 by Francis Palgrave in his copy of Alfred Russel Wallace, Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection (1870) show development of Palgrave's response (including objections) to the argument of the text.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

1871

Country:

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Time

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Place:

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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:

Francis Palgrave

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1824

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Academic/Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

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

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Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Alfred Russel Wallace

Title:

Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection

Genre:

Science, Natural history

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Macmillan, 1870

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5666

Source:

Print

Author:

H. J. Jackson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books

Place of Publication:

New Haven

Date of Publication:

2001

Vol:

n/a

Page:

211-13

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books (New Haven, 2001), p. 211-13, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5666, accessed: 23 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

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