Evidence: | 'As if she had not already enough to occupy her mind [with business and legal affairs following her first husband's death in November 1852] Lady Charlotte now suddenly developed an enthusiasm for the study of Euclid, and a number of daily entries in her journal begin in the following way:
'"May 4 [1853]. Down at 7. Ivor [teenaged son] has given me an hour's Euclid.'" |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | 4 May 1853 | ||||||||||
Country: | Wales | ||||||||||
Time: | morning | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reading Group: | Lady Charlotte and Ivor Guest |
Age | Unknown |
Gender | Unknown |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
Occupation: | Businesswoman and son |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | Wales |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Euclid |
Title: | n/a |
Genre: | Classics, Mathematics |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 24671 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Lady Charlotte Schreiber | |
Editor: | Earl of Bessborough | |
Title: | Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891 | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1952 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 6 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891 (London, 1952), p. 6, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24671, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
Lady Charlotte Guest took the name Schreiber on her second marriage. |
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