| Evidence: | ' ... he [ie George III] paid attention when books were read to him, and asked for excerpts from Boswell's "Life of Johnson" ...' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1811 and 31 Dec 1811 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Windsor specific address: Windsor Castle |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Listener: | King George III |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1738 |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | Monarch |
| Religion: | Anglican |
| 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: | James Boswell |
| Title: | Life of Johnson |
| Genre: | Biography |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 10207 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Christopher Hibbert | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | George III: a personal history | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1999 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 401 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Christopher Hibbert, George III: a personal history (London, 1999), p. 401, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10207, accessed: 10 December 2023 | |
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