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Record 14158

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Elizabeth Missing Sewell recalls her studies to the age of thirteen: 'As regards history, I had learnt absolutely perfectly the chief events in the reigns of the English kings given in Pinnock's Catechism, and could go through the dates without a mistake.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1820 and 31 Dec 1828
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:Elizabeth Missing Sewell
Age Child (0-17)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 19 Feb 1815
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: School pupil
Religion: Church of England
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 Pinnock
Title: Catechism
Genre: History, Textbook / self-education
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 14158  
Source - Print  
  Author: Elizabeth Missing Sewell
  Editor: n/a
  Title: 'The Reign of Pedantry in Girls' Schools' (article in The Nineteenth Century)
  Place of Publication: n/a
  Date of Publication: 1888
  Vol: 23
  Page: 221
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Elizabeth Missing Sewell, 'The Reign of Pedantry in Girls' Schools' (article in The Nineteenth Century) (1888), 23, p. 221, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=14158, accessed: 28 March 2024

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