| Evidence: | 'Besides studying Greek and Latin, Gifford learnt French and Spanish while at Oxford. He went through Moliere's plays twice and Voltaire's works once.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1779 and 31 Dec 1783 | ||||||||||
| Country: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Oxford | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | William Gifford |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1757 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | Student |
| 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: | Moliere |
| Title: | plays |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 27107 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Samuel Smiles | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1891 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 134 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 1, p. 134, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27107, accessed: 08 June 2023 | |
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