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Record 2412

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
At twelve years old he was so affected with the study of Chronology and Antiquity, that, reading over Sleidans Book of the four Empires, and some other Authors, he drew forth an exact Series of the times wherein each eminent person lived;
Century: 1500-1599
Date: Between 4 Jan 1592 and 4 Jan 1593
Country: Ireland
Time: n/a
Place: city: Dublin
other location: at grammar school
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:James Usher
Age Child (0-17)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 4 Jan 1580
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: son of lawyer
Religion: Protestant
Country of origin: Ireland
Country of experience: Ireland
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Sleidans
Title: Book of the Four Empires
Genre: Classics, History
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 2412  
Source - Print  
  Author: Samuel Clarke
  Editor: n/a
  Title: A collection of the lives of ten eminent divines famous in their generations for learning, prudence, piety, and painfulness in the work of the ministry
  Place of Publication: n/a
  Date of Publication: 1662
  Vol: n/a
  Page: [192]
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Samuel Clarke, A collection of the lives of ten eminent divines famous in their generations for learning, prudence, piety, and painfulness in the work of the ministry (1662), p. [192], http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2412, accessed: 28 March 2024

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