| Evidence: | 'merchant seaman Lennox Kerr ditched overboard his early experiments in authorship:"... writing isn't for the working man. It sets him apart. He isn't such a toiler if he knows too much or does things like writing. Even reading Shakespeare and the Bible and my Cobbett's Grammar put me under suspicion."' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: on a ship | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Lennox Kerr |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1899 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | merchant seaman |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Cobbett |
| Title: | A Grammar of the English Language in a Series of Letters |
| Genre: | Education, Textbook / self-education, Reference / General works |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 2836 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jonathan Rose | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes | |
| Place of Publication: | New Haven | |
| Date of Publication: | 2001 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 180 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 180, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2836, accessed: 18 May 2013 | |
| See Lennox Kerr, 'The Eager Years' (London, 1940) p.102 |
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