Record Number: 9977

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The natural theology of Dr. Paley is so generally recommended and read in this University, that I need not here insist either on the scope or the utility of the argument so powerfully and at te sane time so beautifullyenforced in that work.' [p.1] [The lecture also contains various other summaries, comments and references to paley's work.]

Century:

1700-1799, 1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1802 and 31 Dec 1824

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:

John Kidd

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1775

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Prof. of medicine at Oxford

Religion:

Anglican

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:

9977

Source:

Print

Author:

John Kidd

Editor:

n/a

Title:

An introductory Lecture to a course in Comparative Anatomy, illustrative of Paley's Natural Theology.

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1824

Vol:

n/a

Page:

1, 2-3, 13, 41

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John Kidd, An introductory Lecture to a course in Comparative Anatomy, illustrative of Paley's Natural Theology., (Oxford, 1824), p. 1, 2-3, 13, 41, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9977, accessed: 30 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

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