Record Number: 28698
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Tues 24 November 1840]. read Burnet - Bruce on Assam- Clarendon- [...].
Century:1800-1849
Date:21 Nov 1840
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:specific address
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:29 12 1809
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Opposition MP
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:History of His Own Time
Genre:History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsFirst pb 1723-34.
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28698
Source:William Gladstone
Editor:M.R.D. Foot
Title:The Gladstone Diaries
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1974
Vol:3
Page:69
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
William Gladstone, M.R.D. Foot (ed.), The Gladstone Diaries, (Oxford, 1974), 3, p. 69, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28698, accessed: 06 October 2024
Additional Comments:
First published 1723-34. Gladstone may have been reading a recent edition, such as that by Oxford University Press (1833).