| Evidence: | 'Wednesday, 27th January,
Smith spoke of having wished to be a school master. He would like, even now, to get a bursary to Oxford or Cambridge. We talked of the difficulty which the universities are said to find in filling up these studentships. Smith ascribed it mainly to economic reasons, family demands, the insufficiency of the allowances etc?
Why is it a constant of history that the older generation must fail to make provision for the changed requirements of the younger.
Read - ?Peer Gynt? (Ibsen)'
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 27 Jan 1926 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Liverpool | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | Gerald Moore |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 16 Jun 1903 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Coffee then Cocoa broker, working for Unilever - United Africa Company |
| Religion: | none |
| 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: | Henrik Ibsen |
| Title: | Peer Gynt |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 12310 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | |
| Author: | Gerald Moore | |
| Title: | MS Diary 1926 | |
| Location: | Private Collection | |
| Call no: | MS Diary 1926 | |
| Page/folio: | n/a |
| Citation: | Gerald Moore, MS Diary 1926 Private Collection, p. MS Diary 1926, p. n/a, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12310, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
| This material Copyright Andrew Neill Vanson Moore, and Shirley Frances Gould-Smith. |
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