| Evidence: | Describes studies in order to become an imposter - way of making a living
'Works of reference in public libraries furnished me with whatever data I required about particular families and professions - Burke, "Who's Who", Crockford, the Army List, the Navy List, the University Registers and Year Books - until in due course I was able to engage in the game of thrust and parry with all kinds of people and keep my end up.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1908 and 31 Dec 1910 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Portsmouth? other location: in the reference room at the public library |
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| Reader: | Stuart Wood [pseud?] |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 27 Feb 1885 |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | son of master craftsman, but habitual criminal |
| Religion: | family Methodist but becomes athiest |
| 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: | Burke |
| Title: | Peerage |
| Genre: | Biography |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | read in situ in the reference room of the public library |
| Record ID: | 12654 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Stuart Wood | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Shades of the prison house: A personal memoir | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1932 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 104-105 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Stuart Wood, Shades of the prison house: A personal memoir (London, 1932), p. 104-105, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12654, accessed: 04 June 2023 | |
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