| Evidence: | 'One of your brothers was brought to a liking of reading by my putting some Books which I had told amusing stories out of, in a place where they were difficultly come at and desiring that none of you might be allowed to spoil my books with your dirty Thumbs while I was abroad. He read them in a few daies [sic] and has continued to be fond of reading ever since.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1730 and 31 Dec 1739 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Alexander Monro |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1697 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Professor of Anatomy Edinburgh University (1720-1758) |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
his children |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | [unknown] |
| Title: | [unknown] |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 10798 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | P.A.G. Monro | |
| Title: | Alexander Monro (Primus) The Professor's Daughter: An Essay on Female Conduct, 1739. | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1995 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 119 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | P.A.G. Monro (ed.), Alexander Monro (Primus) The Professor's Daughter: An Essay on Female Conduct, 1739. (Cambridge, 1995), p. 119, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10798, accessed: 18 May 2013 | |
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