| Evidence: | [D.R. Davies was inspired by his school teacher] 'to read Macaulay's History of England before his twelfth birthday' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899, 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1899 and 1901 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Wales | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | D.R. Davies |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1 Jan 1889 |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | miner's son |
| Religion: | Methodist |
| Country of origin: | Wales |
| Country of experience: | Wales |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Thomas Babington Macaulay |
| Title: | The History of England from the Accession of James II |
| Genre: | History |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown inspired to read it by schoolmaster |
| Record ID: | 4164 | |
| 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: | 239 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 239, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4164, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
| See D.R. Davies, 'In Search of Myself', no further ref. traceable in Rose |
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