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Frontispiece MY FATHER . AGE 35 . . . . . . . To face p . 16 ( From a miniature ) MY
MOTHER . AGE 18 . . . . . . . ( From a miniature ) MY BIRTH - PLACE .
KENSINGTON COTTAGE , USK . THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL , HERTFORD . . (
From an ...
Frontispiece MY FATHER . AGE 35 . . . . . . . To face p . 16 ( From a miniature ) MY
MOTHER . AGE 18 . . . . . . . ( From a miniature ) MY BIRTH - PLACE .
KENSINGTON COTTAGE , USK . THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL , HERTFORD . . (
From an ...
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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 history .
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 history .
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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 . , who
died ...
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 . , who
died ...
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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 buried
at ...
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 buried
at ...
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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 ... There is also in the same
churchyard a family tomb , in which my father and my sister Eliza are buried , but
which ...
His father , however , my mother ' s grandfather , who died in 1797 , aged 80 ,
was for many years an alderman , and twice ... There is also in the same
churchyard a family tomb , in which my father and my sister Eliza are buried , but
which ...
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| Title | My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köide My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Author | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Publisher | Dodd, Mead, 1905 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 juuli 2007 |
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