Evidence: | 'One of your brothers was brought to a liking of reading by my putting some Books which I had told amusing stories out of, in a place where they were difficultly come at and desiring that none of you might be allowed to spoil my books with your dirty Thumbs while I was abroad. He read them in a few daies [sic] and has continued to be fond of reading ever since.' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1730 and 31 Dec 1739 | ||||||||||
Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Alexander Monro |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1697 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Professor of Anatomy Edinburgh University (1720-1758) |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | Scotland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
his children |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [unknown] |
Title: | [unknown] |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 10798 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | P.A.G. Monro | |
Title: | Alexander Monro (Primus) The Professor's Daughter: An Essay on Female Conduct, 1739. | |
Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
Date of Publication: | 1995 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 119 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | P.A.G. Monro (ed.), Alexander Monro (Primus) The Professor's Daughter: An Essay on Female Conduct, 1739. (Cambridge, 1995), p. 119, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10798, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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