Evidence: | 'May 2nd. [1866] Marlborough [...] In the evening the Bradleys had a large dinner-party. [George] Bradley [headmaster] knowing my father's love of science had asked masters interested in geology, botany and archaeology to meet him [...] At the request of Mrs Bradley he read "The Northern Farmer," and then criticised amusingly some of the boys' Prize Poems which Bradley had asked him to look through.' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | 2 May 1866 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Marlborough county: Wiltshire specific address: Marlborough College |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Alfred Tennyson |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 6 Aug 1809 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
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: | Pupils at Marlborough College |
Title: | Prize Poems |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | read in situ |
Record ID: | 22093 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Hallam Tennyson | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1897 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 34-35; 35 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son (London, 1897), 2, p. 34-35; 35, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22093, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
Tennyson's son Hallam a pupil at Marlborough College. |
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