Record Number: 28526

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'which has much that is able, startling, striking; it is said not be be accurate in its details, & it obviously strikes out often at random, his account of creation does not seem to me to conflict more with the Masonic accounts than the received theories of modern Geology; the order assigned to the appearance of man certainly harmonises with them. I do not care much for the notion that we are engendered by monkeys... I do not like the idea of all the starts [possibly stars] all being just the same as this world'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

7 Apr 1845

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Yorkshire

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:

G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

18 Apr 1802

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Aristocrat and Politician

Religion:

Liberal Anglican

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

Lord Morpeth became 7th Earl of Carlisle in 1848.

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Robert Chambers

Title:

Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation

Genre:

Natural history

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28526

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth

Title:

Carlisle MSS

Location:

Castle Howard

Call No:

J19/8/7

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

Diary entry for April 7th 1845

Citation:

G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth, Carlisle MSS, Castle Howard, J19/8/7, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28526, accessed: 24 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None