Record Number: 7834
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
?Two or three years my senior, Sam, like myself, was acquiring a taste for books. Our tastes were not wholly dissimilar. Both of us read and enjoyed poetry; but while Sam?s more solid reading was in science, especially in astronomy and geology, mine was in history, biography, logic, languages, oratory, and general literature. Sam?s favourite books at this time were Alison?s "History of Europe" and Humboldt?s "Cosmos".?
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1852 and 31 Dec 1857
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Northumberland
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:12 Nov 1837
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:pitman, later MP
Religion:Methodist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[various]
Genre:Fiction, History, Poetry, Biography, Autobiog / Diary, logic and languages
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:7834
Source:Thomas Burt
Editor:n/a
Title:Thomas Burt, M. P., D. C. L., pitman & privy councillor : an autobiography
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1924
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Page:124
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas Burt, Thomas Burt, M. P., D. C. L., pitman & privy councillor : an autobiography, (London, 1924), p. 124, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7834, accessed: 11 November 2024
Additional Comments:
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