| Evidence: | '[Henry Buckle's "History of the Civilisation in England"] will be my fireside book at night (the only time I can read well) as soon as I have finished dear Sam Brown's volumes - which are very interesting, but less strong and clear than I had fancied'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 17 Jan 1858 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | night | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Ambleside county: Cumbria location in dwelling: by the fire |
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| Reader: | Harriet Martineau |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 12 Jun 1802 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | Unitarian |
| 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: | Sam Brown |
| Title: | Lectures on the Atomic Theory, and Essays, Scientific and Literary |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Science |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 9178 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Harriet Martineau | |
| Editor: | Elisabeth Sanders Arbuckle | |
| Title: | Harriet Martineau's Letters to Fanny Wedgwood | |
| Place of Publication: | Stanford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1983 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 161 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Harriet Martineau, Elisabeth Sanders Arbuckle (ed.), Harriet Martineau's Letters to Fanny Wedgwood (Stanford, 1983), p. 161, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9178, accessed: 07 December 2023 | |
| letter to Erasmus Darwin |
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