Record Number: 19590
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have been engaged by Spurzheims new Edition of his Phrenology: he does not write English Accurately & even where I understand, I cannot always agree & that in Assertions which do not immediately relate to the Science to which I lean sceptically.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 6 Nov 1825
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Trowbridge
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:24 Dec 1754
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:clergyman and poet
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Phrenology
Genre:Science, Medicine
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details3rd edition, 1825
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:19590
Source:George Crabbe
Editor:Thomas Faulkner
Title:Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1995
Vol:n/a
Page:320
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
George Crabbe, Thomas Faulkner (ed.), Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe, (Oxford, 1995), p. 320, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19590, accessed: 21 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Assistant editor Rhonda Blair. Letter to George Crabbe Jr.