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Record 5896

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Letter from Sedgwick to William Ainger dated 22/5/1815 says the former is reading Beasobre, and 'the task is a confounded dry one'.
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 22 May 1815
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Cambridge
other location: probably Trinity College
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Adam Sedgwick
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1785
Socio-economic group: Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation: Cambridge graduate, preparing for fellowship exams and ordination. ( Later Professor of Geology at Cambridge).
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Issac de Beasobre
Title: Introduction to the reading of the Holy Scriptures
Genre: Other religious
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 5896  
Source - Print  
  Author: Adam Sedgwick
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Life & Letters of the Rev. Adam Sedgwick
  Place of Publication: Cambridge
  Date of Publication: 1890
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 136
  Additional comments: Editors: Clark & Hughes

Citation: Adam Sedgwick, Life & Letters of the Rev. Adam Sedgwick (Cambridge, 1890), p. 136, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5896, accessed: 18 April 2024

Additional comments:

Jaques Lenfant: listed as co-author of text

 

 

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