Evidence: | ?Two or three years my senior, Sam, like myself, was acquiring a taste for books. Our tastes were not wholly dissimilar. Both of us read and enjoyed poetry; but while Sam?s more solid reading was in science, especially in astronomy and geology, mine was in history, biography, logic, languages, oratory, and general literature. Sam?s favourite books at this time were Alison?s "History of Europe" and Humboldt?s "Cosmos".? |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1852 and 31 Dec 1857 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | county: Northumberland | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Samuel Bailey |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1834 |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | pitman in coal mine |
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: | Alexander van Humboldt |
Title: | Cosmos |
Genre: | Philosophy, Science |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 6861 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Thomas Burt | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Thomas Burt, M. P., D. C. L., pitman & privy councillor : an autobiography | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1924 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 124 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Thomas Burt, Thomas Burt, M. P., D. C. L., pitman & privy councillor : an autobiography (London, 1924), p. 124, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6861, accessed: 18 April 2024 |
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