| Evidence: | 'The Primitive Methodists may have been the most anti-intellectual of the Wesleyans, yet miners' MP John Johnson "found their teaching the strongest possible incentive to trying to improve myself, not only morally, but mentally, and towards the latter end I took to serious and systematic study." He read deeply in history and philosophy, as well as such this-worldly tracts as The Wealth of Nations, John Stuart Mill's Principles of Political Economy, and Alfred Marshall's Principles of Economics'. |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | John Johnson |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1850 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | M.P. |
| Religion: | Methodist |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Alfred Marshall |
| Title: | Principles of Economics |
| Genre: | Economics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 975 | |
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| 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: | 34 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 34, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=975, accessed: 29 November 2023 | |
| See John Johnson 'How I Got On: Life Stories by the Labour MPs' in Pearson's Weekly (10, May 1906) |
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