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- 30 Apr. 1892 (Creation)
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2 pp; manuscript
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A letter from William Gladstone to James Thomas Knowles. The letter refers to the question of whether the medieval philosopher and writer Dante Alighieri studied at Oxford.
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For biographical information on William Gladstone (1809-1908) see https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections/learning/biographies/williamewartgladstone(1809-1898).aspx
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James Thomas Knowles (1831-1908) was an architect and later a journalist and editor. In 1869 he founded the Metaphysical Society, a debating society of which Gladstone was a charter member. The aim of the Metaphysical Society was to encourage a rapprochement between religion and science by inviting public representatives of faith and no faith to meet and exchange ideas. Gladstone published an article on the supposed links between Dante and Oxford in a monthly review magazine titled ‘The Nineteenth century’ in June 1892. The article can be accessed at https://www.proquest.com/openview/b2d0b53c802775c0