| Evidence: | 'I was deeply engag'd in Homer & Burgesdicius, otherwise should have answer'd it [letter from John Potter] sooner. I hope you don't think I preferr'd the old musty Greek, or the trifling Logician to a correspondence with a valuable friend: no; twas neccesity not choice that restrained my pen.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 15 Apr 1739 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Cambridge | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Richard Hurd |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 13 Jan 1720 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Scholarship at Emmanuel College Cambridge 1738 -41, beginning MA. |
| 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 |
| Author: | Francis Burgerdiscius [Burgersdijk] |
| Title: | Institutionum Logicarum |
| Genre: | Philosophy |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 10797 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Richard Hurd | |
| Editor: | Sarah Brewer | |
| Title: | The Early Letters of Bishop Richard Hurd, 1739-1762 | |
| Place of Publication: | Woodbridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1995 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 1 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Richard Hurd, Sarah Brewer (ed.), The Early Letters of Bishop Richard Hurd, 1739-1762 (Woodbridge, 1995), p. 1, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10797, accessed: 07 December 2023 | |
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