Record Number: 973

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The Primitive Methodists may have been the most anti-intellectual of the Wesleyans, yet miners' MP John Johnson... "found their teaching the strongest possible incentive to trying to improve myself, not only morally, but mentally, and towards the latter end I took to serious and systematic study." He read deeply in history and philosophy, as well as such this-worldly tracts as The Wealth of Nations, John Stuart Mill's Principles of Political Economy, and Alfred Marshall's Principles of Economics'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

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Time

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Place:

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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:

John Johnson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1850

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

M.P.

Religion:

Methodist

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

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

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Additional Comments:

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Adam Smith

Title:

The Wealth of Nations

Genre:

Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

973

Source:

Print

Author:

Jonathan Rose

Editor:

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Title:

The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes

Place of Publication:

New Haven

Date of Publication:

2001

Vol:

n/a

Page:

34

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 34, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=973, accessed: 21 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

See John Johnson 'How I Got On: Life Stories by the Labour MPs' in Pearson's Weekly (10, May 1906)