| Evidence: | 'Even eight-year-old Willy [Godwin] went once in a while to hear his Papa [William Godwin]'s friend [S. T. Coleridge] speak [in London Philosophical Society lectures, 18 November 1811-27 January 1812], and by February he was giving weekly lectures a la Coleridge, reading from the little pulpit specially built for him a lecture written by one of the girls [Fanny Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, Claire Clairmont]. [Aaron] Burr was much amused at one he heard on "The Influence of Governments on the Character of the People."' (From Marion Kingston Stocking's Introduction to Claire Clairmont's first journal). |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 18 Nov 1811 and 27 Jan 1812 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: 41 Skinner Street |
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| Reader: | William Godwin jr |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 28 Mar 1803 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | child |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Aaron Burr |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | various |
| Title: | lecture on 'The Influence of Government on the Character of the People' |
| Genre: | Politics |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 15150 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Claire Clairmont | |
| Editor: | Marion Kingston Stocking | |
| Title: | The Journals of Claire Clairmont | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge, Massachusetts | |
| Date of Publication: | 1968 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 19 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Claire Clairmont, Marion Kingston Stocking (ed.), The Journals of Claire Clairmont (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968), p. 19, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=15150, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
| Child's 'lecture' apparently written by any/all of Fanny Godwin (b. 1794), Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (b.1797), Claire Clairmont (b. c.1798). |
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