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Record Number: 5681


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Entry from Commonplace Book]: 'Christianity, diffusion of, assisted by the general scepticism of the pagan world combined with the necessity of some belief in the vulgar mind. Gibbon. Roman Empire, Vol 2, Ch 15, pp. 205-6'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1859 and 1863

Country:

England and Australia

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Edward Davy Harrop

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1836

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Bank Manager

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England and Australia

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Edward Gibbon

Title:

Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Genre:

History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Thomas Cadell, 1838.

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

5681

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Edward Davy Harrop

Title:

Common Place Book. Index Rerum.

Location:

Woolmers Estate, Longford, Tasmania, Australia

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

n/a

Citation:

Edward Davy Harrop, Common Place Book. Index Rerum. Woolmers Estate, Longford, Tasmania, Australia, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5681, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Edward Davy Harrop was b. 1836, Manchester, d. 1891 Launceston. Married and emigrated ca.1857, bank manager.

   
   
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