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Record 28839

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
18,19. Frid. Sat. Two very idle days- read a little Allgebraic Geometry, in Powell and Lardner [...].
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 12 Dec 1830
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Oxford
county: Oxfordshire
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:William Ewart Gladstone
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender n/a
Date of Birth 29 12 1809
Socio-economic group: n/a
Occupation: Student at Oxford University
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Baden Powell
Title: The elements of curves: designed for the use of students of the
Genre: Textbook / self-education, Mathematics
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1828 [May have been an 1829 edn]
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 28839  
Source - Print  
  Author: William Gladstone
  Editor: Foot M.R.D.
  Title: The Gladstone Diaries
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1968
  Vol: 1
  Page: 393
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: William Gladstone, Foot M.R.D. (ed.), The Gladstone Diaries (Oxford, 1968), 1, p. 393, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28839, accessed: 19 April 2024

Additional comments:

Footnote in Foot's edition identifies this text. There is no copy at the Hawarden Library.

 

 

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