Record Number: 11268
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Writing to his sister, Aikin comments on Knox: 'His great fault, I think, is setting out with too confined a view of the ends of education, which must be as various as situations and characters in life are. Does he not breed them all for clergymen and schoolmasters?'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1784 and 1 Dec 1784
Country:England
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1747
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Physician and author
Religion:Protestant dissenter- Unitarian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[on education]
Genre:Education
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Source Information:
Record ID:11268
Source:Lucy Aikin
Editor:n/a
Title:Memoir of John Aikin
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1823
Vol:1
Page:59
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Citation:
Lucy Aikin, Memoir of John Aikin, (London, 1823), 1, p. 59, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11268, accessed: 29 September 2024
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