| Evidence: | From George Grote's diary, kept for his fiancee Harriet Lewin (1819):
'Rose at 9. Breakfasted and read some of Hemsterhuis, "Sur la Divinite." my brother Joseph
came to town and interrupted me. Between 4 and 5 read the "Edinburgh Review" on Mill's
British India, which is excellent [...] read with considerable attention some more of Hemsterhuis'
"Sur la Divinite."' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1819 and 10 Mar 1819 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | afternoon: 4-5 pm | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | George Grote |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 17 Nov 1794 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Banker |
| 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 |
| Record ID: | 25381 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Harriet Grote | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Personal Life of George Grote. Compiled from Family Documents, Private Memoranda, and Original Letters to and from Various Friends | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1873 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 34 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Harriet Grote, The Personal Life of George Grote. Compiled from Family Documents, Private Memoranda, and Original Letters to and from Various Friends (London, 1873), p. 34, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25381, accessed: 27 May 2023 | |
| Diary entries often not individually dated in source. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)