Record Number: 5824

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I cannot but urge on all those who are commencing their academic course, the natural study of his delightful work on natural Theology' [p.88] [And more references & comments on the following pages]

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1802 and 31 Dec 1833

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Adam Sedgwick

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1785

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Professor of Geology at Cambridge

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Paley

Title:

Natural Theology

Genre:

Other religious, Science

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5824

Source:

Print

Author:

Adam Sedgwick

Editor:

n/a

Title:

A Discourse on the Studies of the University

Place of Publication:

Leicester

Date of Publication:

1969

Vol:

n/a

Page:

88-91; 35

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Adam Sedgwick, A Discourse on the Studies of the University, (Leicester, 1969), p. 88-91; 35, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5824, accessed: 21 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None