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Record Number: 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

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/RED/record_details.php?id=5896, accessed: 30 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Jaques Lenfant: listed as co-author of text

   
   
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