| Evidence: | 'Reading Darwin's [book] I wish I had loved objective things and looked at them when I was a child instead of feeding always on books and fancy'. |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 8 Jul 1937 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Antonia White |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 31 Mar 1899 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | [lapsed] Catholic |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | born Eirene Botting |
| Author: | Charles Darwin |
| Title: | Voyage of the Beagle, The |
| Genre: | Geography / Travel |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 19736 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Antonia White | |
| Editor: | Susan Chitty | |
| Title: | Antonia White. Diaries 1926-1957 | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1991 | |
| Vol: | I | |
| Page: | 95 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Antonia White, Susan Chitty (ed.), Antonia White. Diaries 1926-1957 (London, 1991), I, p. 95, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19736, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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