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.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1820 and 31 Dec 1828 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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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 |
Author: | William Pinnock |
Title: | Catechism |
Genre: | History, Textbook / self-education |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 14158 | |
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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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