Evidence: | From Hallam Tennyson's account 'Of My Father's Illness':
'Jan.15th. [1889] My father asked Jowett whether his faith in God was more earnest than it had been. He answered, "Yes, certainly." He read my father the fine comparison between the philosopher and the lawyer in the Thaetetus.' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | 15 Jan 1889 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | county: Isle of Wight specific address: Farringford |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Benjamin Jowett |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1817 |
Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
Occupation: | Master of Balliol College, Oxford |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Alfred Tennyson |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Plato |
Title: | Thaetetus |
Genre: | Classics, Philosophy |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 22992 | |
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: | 352 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son (London, 1897), 2, p. 352, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22992, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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