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Record Number: 11704


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Looked over Piercy's Retford and Benick's Birds - the birds are admirable; beyond all praise; they appear to be all life, or almost alive; they are admirably true to nature. Examined the plan of Hornsey's Eng Gram.r.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

1 Dec 1835

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Wellingborough

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

John Cole

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

3 Oct 1792

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Publisher / bookseller

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

John Hornsey

Title:

English Exercises, orthographical and grammatical in two parts

Genre:

Education, Textbook / self-education

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Published in 1818

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

11704

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

John Cole

Title:

An account of the life of John Cole of Scarborough (started Scarborough 1829)

Location:

York Minister Archive

Call No:

Ass Mss 153/11

Page/Folio:

p. 148

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

John Cole, An account of the life of John Cole of Scarborough (started Scarborough 1829), York Minister Archive, Ass Mss 153/11, p. 148, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11704, accessed: 09 October 2024


Additional Comments:

John Cole kept diaries throughout his life - and then used the diaries to produce a manuscript 'An Account of the life of John Cole of Scarborough' (started in 1829 - 18 volumes). Much of the substance of the MS is based on his diaries (and appears for much of the MS to be copied direct from his diaries). The original diaries are apparently no longer extant.

   
   
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