| Evidence: | Byron to John Murray, 9 October 1821, having requested that he send a Bible: 'I am a great reader and admirer of those books -- and had read them through and through before I was eight years old -- that is to say the Old Testament -- for the New struck me as a task -- but the other as a pleasure -- I speak as a boy -- from the recollected impression of that period at Aberdeen in 1796.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1796 and 31 Dec 1796 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Aberdeen | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | George Gordon Lord Byron |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 22 Jan 1788 |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | child; later poet |
| Religion: | Agnostic |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | Books of Old Testament |
| Genre: | Bible |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 2640 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | George Gordon Lord Byron | |
| Editor: | Leslie A. Marchand | |
| Title: | Byron's Letters and Journals | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1978 | |
| Vol: | 8 | |
| Page: | 238 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1978), 8, p. 238, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2640, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
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