Record Number: 10975
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Have read, since I have been here, about 30 pages in the Bipont edition of "Thucydides", the part, the latter part of the second book, containing the funeral oration by Pericles [comments on text].'
Century:1800-1849
Date:26 Apr 1808
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:location in dwelling: Houghton House (he is a visitor)
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:3 May 1750
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:government minister, 1806-1807
Religion:n/a
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: Title:[Two orations]
Genre:Classics
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
Publication DetailsGreek
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:10975
Source:William Windham
Editor:Mrs Henry Baring
Title:The Diary of the right Hon. William Windham
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1866
Vol:n/a
Page:476
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
William Windham, Mrs Henry Baring (ed.), The Diary of the right Hon. William Windham, (London, 1866), p. 476, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=10975, accessed: 30 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None