Record Number: 24678

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'At Dowlais again alone [following period spent in London and elsewhere], the day's record started prosaically: "Works journal till 8, then Euclid till 9."'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1853 and 30 Nov 1853

Country:

Wales

Time

morning: 8-9 am

Place:

city: Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Lady Charlotte Guest

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1812

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Businesswoman in charge of Dowlais Iron Company

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Wales

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Euclid

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Classics, Mathematics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

24678

Source:

Print

Author:

Lady Charlotte Schreiber

Editor:

Earl of Bessborough

Title:

Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1952

Vol:

n/a

Page:

27

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891, (London, 1952), p. 27, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24678, accessed: 27 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

Lady Charlotte Guest had assumed control of the Dowlais Iron Company on the death of her first husband in November 1852; she took the name Schreiber on her marriage to Charles Schreiber in 1855.