| Evidence: | 'after tea [W.J. Brown] would enjoy "five glorious hours of freedom" reading Darwin, Huxley and Tennyson's "In Memoriam" at the Battersea Public Library'. |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening: 'after tea' | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Battersea, London other location: Public Library |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | William John Brown |
| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1894 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | Post Office Savings Bank clerk, later Labour MP |
| 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: | Charles Darwin |
| Title: | [unknown] |
| Genre: | Geography / Travel, Science |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | read in situ read at Battersea Public Library |
| Record ID: | 5676 | |
| 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: | 407 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 407, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5676, accessed: 01 June 2023 | |
| See W.J. Brown, 'So Far', pp.49-55. |
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