Record Number: 3114

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'... [William Robertson Nicoll] devoured even more newspapers than books [had grown up with clergyman father's library of 17,000 volumes and had own library of 25,000 volumes].'

Century:

1850-1899, 1900-1945

Date:

unknown

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

William Robertson Nicoll

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

10 Oct 1851

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Preacher, Journalist, Clergyman

Religion:

Scottish Free Church

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

newspapers

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3114

Source:

Print

Author:

Philip Waller

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

2006

Vol:

n/a

Page:

22

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 (Oxford, 2006), p. 22, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3114, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None