Record Number: 11266

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Letter xiv- "On Buffon's natural history" is a critique of the work

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Until: 1 Jan 1792

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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 Aikin

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1747

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Physician and author

Religion:

Protestant dissenter- unitarian

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:

Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon

Title:

Histoire Naturelle

Genre:

Science, Natural history

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11266

Source:

Print

Author:

John Aikin

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Letters from a Father to his Son

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1796 (3rd edn)

Vol:

n/a

Page:

127-137

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John Aikin, Letters from a Father to his Son, (London, 1796 (3rd edn)), p. 127-137, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11266, accessed: 19 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None