| Evidence: | 'The farm [a family property] in Lincolnshire consumed a vast deal of our time all through [...]
1853 [...] Grote worked at intervals even at the farm [...] the operations of husbandry were not
without a certain "bucolic" attraction for him; the rather as he studied Stephens's "Book of the
Farm" with regularity, even taking interest in the theory of cultivation, involving as it did a touch
of [italics]science[end italics].' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1853 and 31 Dec 1853 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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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: | 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: | Stephens |
| Title: | 'Book of the Farm' |
| Genre: | Agriculture / horticulture / husbandry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 25611 | |
| 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: | 218-219 | |
| 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. 218-219, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25611, accessed: 31 March 2023 | |
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