| Evidence: | 'Read "Edinburgh Review"; afterwards, for first time, after I know not what interval, a little Greek, viz. Plut. "Phocian" the same [...] as reccomended so many years ago by Fox and which put me first on reading "Plutarch's Lives"' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 25 Jun 1809 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning: after breakfast | ||||||||||
| Place: | location in dwelling: home | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | William Windham |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 3 May 1750 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | government minister, 1806-1807 |
| Religion: | n/a |
| 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: | Plutarch |
| Title: | Phocian or Lives |
| Genre: | Classics, Biography |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 10989 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | William Windham | |
| Editor: | Mrs Henry Baring | |
| Title: | The Diary of the right Hon. William Windham | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1866 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 492 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | William Windham, Mrs Henry Baring (ed.), The Diary of the right Hon. William Windham (London, 1866), p. 492, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10989, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
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