Record Number: 31011

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Brigadier General Sir Charles Crewe ... came in to inspect the Hospital. The General was so nice. He had diligently read up the literature on Uganda, Bp. Tucker's book, etc., and said he knew the great change in the country was entirely due to the influence of the miss[ionarie]s.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 11 Feb 1916

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Charles Preston Crewe

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

11 Jan 1858

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Army Officer and politician

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

n/a

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Alfred Robert Tucker

Title:

African Sketches, or, Uganda and the Way Thither

Genre:

Other religious, Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: BookManuscript: Telegraph cable

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31011

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Albert Ruskin Cook

Title:

Diary 1916

Location:

Wellcome Library, London

Call No:

PP/COO/G31

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

Diary entry, 11 February 1916.

Citation:

Albert Ruskin Cook, Diary 1916, Wellcome Library, London, PP/COO/G31, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31011, accessed: 15 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None