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Frontispiece MY FATHER . AGE 35 To face p . 16 ( From a miniature ) MY MOTHER . AGE 18 . 16 ( From a miniature ) MY BIRTH - PLACE . KENSINGTON COTTAGE , USK THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL , HERTFORD 49 ( From an engraving in Turner's “ History .
Frontispiece MY FATHER . AGE 35 To face p . 16 ( From a miniature ) MY MOTHER . AGE 18 . 16 ( From a miniature ) MY BIRTH - PLACE . KENSINGTON COTTAGE , USK THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL , HERTFORD 49 ( From an engraving in Turner's “ History .
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My father was practically an only son , an elder boy dying when three months old ; and as his father died when he was a boy of twelve , and his mother when he was an infant , he had not much opportunity of hearing about the family ...
My father was practically an only son , an elder boy dying when three months old ; and as his father died when he was a boy of twelve , and his mother when he was an infant , he had not much opportunity of hearing about the family ...
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The register at Hanworth contains no record of my father's birth , but the church itself shows that quite a small colony of Wallaces lived at Hanworth . On a long stone in the floor of the chancel is the name of JAMES WALLACE , ESQ .
The register at Hanworth contains no record of my father's birth , but the church itself shows that quite a small colony of Wallaces lived at Hanworth . On a long stone in the floor of the chancel is the name of JAMES WALLACE , ESQ .
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my father's birth at Hanworth , it is probable that his parents had left the place and gone to live either at Laleham or in London . How or why my grandfather came to live at Hanworth ( probably with his brother George , who is also ...
my father's birth at Hanworth , it is probable that his parents had left the place and gone to live either at Laleham or in London . How or why my grandfather came to live at Hanworth ( probably with his brother George , who is also ...
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His father , however , my mother's grandfather , who died in 1797 , aged 80 , was for many years an alderman , and twice Mayor of Hertford ( in 1773 and 1779 ) , as stated in the records of the borough . He was buried in St. Andrew's ...
His father , however , my mother's grandfather , who died in 1797 , aged 80 , was for many years an alderman , and twice Mayor of Hertford ( in 1773 and 1779 ) , as stated in the records of the borough . He was buried in St. Andrew's ...
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| Pealkiri | My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köide My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Autor | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Publisher | Dodd, Mead, 1905 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 juuli 2007 |
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