| Evidence: | Letter from Aikin to her brother Edmund, dated March 1818: 'It is curious to observe the native eloquence of Humboldt struggling with the encombrance of all the sciences. Did ever mortal man study so many ologies, or travel with so many ometers!' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Mar 1818 and 31 Mar 1818 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Stoke Newington county: Essex |
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| Reader: | Lucy Aikin |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1781 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Historical author and biographer |
| Religion: | Unitarian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Alexander von Humboldt |
| Title: | Personal Narrative of Travels |
| Genre: | Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel, Science |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 11291 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Philip Hemery Le Breton | |
| Title: | Memoirs, miscellanies and letters of the late Lucy Aikin | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1864 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 114 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Hemery Le Breton (ed.), Memoirs, miscellanies and letters of the late Lucy Aikin (London, 1864), p. 114, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11291, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
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