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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 49 ( From an
engraving in ...
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 49 ( From an
engraving in ...
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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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Although he lived to such a comparatively recent period , I have not been able to
ascertain what was his busiHis father , however , my mother's grandfather , who
died in 1797 , aged 80 , was for many years an alderman , and twice Mayor of ...
Although he lived to such a comparatively recent period , I have not been able to
ascertain what was his busiHis father , however , my mother's grandfather , who
died in 1797 , aged 80 , was for many years an alderman , and twice Mayor of ...
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| Title | My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köide Bell's Indian and colonial library My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Author | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | G. Bell & Sons, 1905 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 10 mai 2018 |
| ISBN | 059800596X, 9780598005960 |
| Length | 447 pages |
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