Record Number: 5622

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I went to the Library; read Bramhall against Hobbes'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

20 Aug 1725

Country:

England

Time

afternoon: Afternoon
daytime

Place:

city: Manchester
other location: Chetam's Library

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:

John Byrom

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1691

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Teacher, Fellow of the Royal Society

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:

John Bramhall

Title:

Castigation of Mr Hobbes [with the appendix]The Ca

Genre:

Politics, Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5622

Source:

Print

Author:

John Byrom

Editor:

Henri Talon

Title:

Selections from the Journals and Papers of John Byrom, Poet-Diarist-shorthand Writer

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1950

Vol:

n/a

Page:

78

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John Byrom, Henri Talon (ed.), Selections from the Journals and Papers of John Byrom, Poet-Diarist-shorthand Writer, (London, 1950), p. 78, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5622, accessed: 04 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None