| Evidence: | 'On Christmas day of 1756 he read seven of Tillotson's Sermons during the day and evening.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 25 Dec 1756 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning afternoon evening |
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | Thomas Turner |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | Shopkeeper |
| Religion: | Anglican (?) |
| 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: | John Tillotson |
| Title: | Sermons |
| Genre: | Sermon |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 6178 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Naomi Tadmor | |
| Editor: | James Raven | |
| Title: | The practice and representation of reading in England, essay entitled 'Women, reading and household' | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1996 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 166-9. | |
| Additional comments: | Editors James Raven, Helen Small and Naomi Tadmor. |
| Citation: | Naomi Tadmor, James Raven (ed.), The practice and representation of reading in England, essay entitled 'Women, reading and household' (Cambridge, 1996), p. 166-9., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6178, accessed: 02 June 2023 | |
| Tadmor cites David Vaisey (ed), The Diary of Thomas Turner (Oxford, 1985) which reveals that Turner read many other works during the 1750s, including Locke, Smart, Martin's Magazine, The recruiting officer, The yeoman of Kent, Voyage into the Levant and Derham's Psycio-Theology. |
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