| Evidence: | '"A little book we had in the house" led him, "Almost as early as I can remember", to develop an interest in astronomy; and Lempriere's "Classical Dctionary" "Fell into my hands when I was eight" (as he said in his old age) and "attached my affections to paganism".' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 26 Mar 1859 and 25 Mar 1867 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Fockbury county: Worcestershire |
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| Reader: | Alfred Edward Housman |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 26 Mar 1859 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | solicitor's son, later poet |
| Religion: | later atheist |
| 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: | [unknown] |
| Title: | [book on astronomy] |
| Genre: | Science |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned owned by his family |
| Record ID: | 20851 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Norman Page | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | A.E. Housman. A Critical Biography | |
| Place of Publication: | Basingstoke | |
| Date of Publication: | 1996 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 19 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Norman Page, A.E. Housman. A Critical Biography (Basingstoke, 1996), p. 19, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20851, accessed: 17 April 2024 | |
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