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Record 11261

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'The acute and learned Paley sums up in the following beautiful and energetic language the results of the minute and elegant investigations persued in his invaluable volume on NaturalTheology...'[there follows an extended quote from Paley].
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1802 and 31 Dec 1819
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

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:William Buckland
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1784
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Anglican Clergyman, Professor of Geology atOxford
Religion: Anglican
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: William Paley
Title: Natural Theology
Genre: Other religious, Science
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 11261  
Source - Print  
  Author: William Buckland
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Vindiciae Geologicae
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1820
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 14
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: William Buckland, Vindiciae Geologicae (Oxford, 1820), p. 14, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11261, accessed: 26 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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