Evidence: | From Harriet Grote's diary (1868):
'Mr. Grote [husband] said he had, in the course of the last few months, taken down Gibbon's work and read occasionally therein; and, he added, he had been penetrated with admiration of the exactitude and fidelity of the references [...] Grote had tested Gibbon's trustworthiness, on several points, by reference to ancient writers, and invariably found his statements correct and candid. Dr. William Smith said that he too had compared the references in Gibbon with the works cited, and that he was affected by the same feeling of respect and admiration [comments further on George Grote's enthusiasm for Gibbon].' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1868 and 31 Dec 1868 | ||||||||||
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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: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Edward Gibbon |
Title: | n/a |
Genre: | History, Biography, Politics |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 25693 | |
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Author: | Harriet Grote | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Personal Life of George Grote. Compiled from Family Documents, Private Memoranda, and Original Letters to an from Various Friends. | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1873 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 296 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Harriet Grote, The Personal Life of George Grote. Compiled from Family Documents, Private Memoranda, and Original Letters to an from Various Friends. (London, 1873), p. 296, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25693, accessed: 27 May 2023 |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)