Evidence: | 'In his isolated rural community Gregory never imagined that he might aspire to a higher profession. Now he returned to his old school for evening classes in chemistry, arithmetic, and mining engineering, where he won a prize book of world history and was introduced to Lyell's Principles of Geology. These two volumes taught him to think in evolutionary terms, and he began to read widely on the historicity of religion and the development of capitalism'. |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | county: Somerset other location: school |
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Reader: | George Gregory |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1888 |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | miner |
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: | Charles Lyell |
Title: | Principles of Geology |
Genre: | Science |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 1783 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Jonathan Rose | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes | |
Place of Publication: | New Haven | |
Date of Publication: | 2001 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 69 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 69, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1783, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
See George Gregory's typescript in Brunel University Library. Book that inspired him to take evening classes was Smiles's Self Help. |
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