Record Number: 21843
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'the first books in his library are Bibles. The largest is his mother's, who perhaps put it there. Brought up as a devout Evangelical herself, she reared him in her faith; he fully shared it at first, reading a Bible passage every day with the aid of scripture Union notes and piuosly including texts and sermon topics in his early letters'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Until: 31 Jan 1913
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:Unknown
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:18 Mar 1893
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:trainee cleric, later soldier 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:[Scripture Union notes on the Bible]
Genre:Other religious
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:21843
Source:Dominic Hibberd
Editor:n/a
Title:Owen the Poet
Place of Publication:Basingstoke
Date of Publication:1986
Vol:n/a
Page:5
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Dominic Hibberd, Owen the Poet, (Basingstoke, 1986), p. 5, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21843, accessed: 21 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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