Record Number: 11280

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Whewell read Babbage, and was concerned that it had been his own Bridgewater which had stimulated Babbage to write one]

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1837 and 31 Dec 1837

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:

William Whewell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1794

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Anglican clergyman. Master of TrinityCollege, Cambridge

Religion:

Anglican

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:

Charles Babbage

Title:

Ninth Bridgewater Treatise

Genre:

Other religious, Science

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11280

Source:

Print

Author:

J. Todhunter

Editor:

n/a

Title:

William Whewell, D.D. (2 vols).

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1876

Vol:

1

Page:

97

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

J. Todhunter, William Whewell, D.D. (2 vols)., (London, 1876), 1, p. 97, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11280, accessed: 19 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None