Record Number: 31264

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Alan taught himself to read in about thee weeks from a book called Reading without Tears.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1918 and 31 Dec 1918

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: St Leonards-on-Sea
county: East Sussex
specific address: Baston Lodge

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:

Alan Mathison Turing

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

23 Jun 1912

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

child

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Fauvel Lee Mortimer

Title:

Reading Without Tears

Genre:

Children's Lit, Textbook / self-education

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31264

Source:

Print

Author:

Andrew Hodges

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Alan Turing: The Enigma

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1983

Vol:

n/a

Page:

7

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Andrew Hodges, Alan Turing: The Enigma, (London, 1983), p. 7, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31264, accessed: 24 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

http://www.sitella.co.uk/sideline/diversions/rwt/index.html http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=p5oNAAAAQAAJ&ots=HSW3hCNgkZ&dq=reading%20without%20tears&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false