| Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, c.September 1835:
'I have been reading the Bridgewater treatises, -- and am now trying to understand Prout upon
chemistry.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Sep 1835 and 30 Sep 1835 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Elizabeth Barrett |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 6 Mar 1806 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| 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 Prout |
| Title: | Chemistry, Meteorology, and the Function of Digestion Considered with Reference to Natural Theology |
| Genre: | Other religious, Essays / Criticism, Science, Natural history, Miscellany / Anthology, Chemistry; biology |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1834; Work was one of group known as the 'Bridgewater Treatises' |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 16367 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson | |
| Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
| Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
| Date of Publication: | 1985 | |
| Vol: | 3 | |
| Page: | 146 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1985), 3, p. 146, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16367, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| See p.147 n.3 in source for background information on group of essays known as 'Bridgwater Treatises' (authors shared bequest made by Earl of Bridgewater for best work on 'the goodness of God as manifested in the Creation'). |
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