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Lectures on history, and general policy : to which is prefixed, An essay on a course of liberal education for civil and active life (v.1)

Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804); Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804)

1793

First London edition; with dedication and preface of first edition, Birmingham 1788. The essay on education first published 1764--caption-title. Running-title: An essay on education.

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Lectures on history, and general policy : to which is prefixed, An essay on a course of liberal education for civil and active life (v.2)

Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804); Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804)

1793

First London edition; with dedication and preface of first edition, Birmingham 1788. The essay on education first published 1764--caption-title. Running-title: An essay on education.

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Paper on education

Baines, Sir Edward (1800-1890); National Education Union (Great Britain)

[1871]

"Read at the Social Science Contgress, held at Leeds, October 7th, 1871".

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What to read on education

Adams, Sir John (1857-1934); Leeds Public Libraries

1930

"The books recommended": pp. [32]-36.

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Huntingdonshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1957

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from SED localities in Huntingdonshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were recorded by SED fieldworke...

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Cambridgeshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1958

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Cambridgeshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses wer...

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Middlesex and London Response Books

Wright, Peter

1952

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Middlesex and London to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Respons...

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Hertfordshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1958

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Hertfordshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were...

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Essex Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Berntsen, Howard N; Barry, Michael V (1935-); Wright, Peter

1952-1961

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Essex to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were recorde...

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Archive Judaica Collection

Cecil Roth Collection

1200-1999

Throughout his life Cecil Roth (1899-1970) collected books, manuscripts, and art objects. The books and manuscripts of scholarly interest, and modern books, were acquired by Leeds University Library t...

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Sound Recordings, Devon

Stigell, Ossi

1976

[Collector announcement]; Mr. Oldridge of Sampford Peverell talks about his work as a greenkeeper; farming and the changes brought about through mechanisation; the village's changing population; his f...

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