| Evidence: | 'The Meeting then considered the Life & Works of Alfred Russel Wallace. Walter S. Rowntree gave us an account of Wallace's life from the autobiography reading a number of well chosen extracts. This was followed by a paper from Henry M. Wallis on his scientific work and one from Mrs Smith on his psychical work.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 21 Jan 1915 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Reading specific address: 24 Redlands Rd |
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| Reader: | Walter S. Rowntree |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1860 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | Quaker or associated with the Friends |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Members of XII Book Club |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Title: | My Life; A Record of Events and Opinions. |
| Genre: | Autobiog / Diary |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | reading group |
| Record ID: | 26886 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | |
| Author: | Ernest Unwin | |
| Title: | XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 1 (1895-1915) | |
| Location: | Private collection | |
| Call no: | n/a | |
| Page/folio: | 159-60 |
| Citation: | Ernest Unwin, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 1 (1895-1915) Private collection, p. n/a, p. 159-60, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26886, accessed: 20 May 2013 | |
| Material by kind permission of the XII Book Club. For further information and permission to quote this source, contact the Reading Experience Database (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/contacts.php). |
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