| Evidence: | 'The books which I am at present employed in reading to myself are in English, Plutarch's Lives and Milner's Ecclesiastical History'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Apr 1813 and 20 Apr 1813 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Shelford | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Thomas Babington Macaulay |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 25 Oct 1800 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | HIstorian, critic, politician |
| 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 |
| Author: | Plutarch |
| Title: | Lives |
| Genre: | Classics, Biography |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 3935 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Babington Macaulay | |
| Editor: | George Otto Trevelyan | |
| Title: | Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1978 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 39 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter of April 20, 1813, from Macaulay to his mother. |
| Citation: | Thomas Babington Macaulay, George Otto Trevelyan (ed.), Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay (Oxford, 1978), 1, p. 39, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3935, accessed: 01 June 2023 | |
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