| Evidence: | 'T.A. Jackson credited his Board school teachers with starting him on his career as a Marxist philosopher. They introduced him to Greek mythology, "which in time brought me to Frazer and the immensities and infinitudes of "The Golden Bough", and all that that implies".' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | From: 21 Aug 1879 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
| Place: | Board School | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Thomas A. Jackson |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 21 Aug 1879 |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | later politician |
| 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: | James George Frazer |
| Title: | "The Golden Bough" |
| Genre: | History, Social Science, Philosophy, mythology |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | read in situ |
| Record ID: | 2808 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jonathan Rose | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes | |
| Place of Publication: | New Haven | |
| Date of Publication: | 2001 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 161 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 161, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2808, accessed: 30 May 2023 | |
| See T.A. Jackson, TS autobiography at Brunel University |
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