John Shinn (1837-1925): Researching Writing Lives
After the success of the Prison Voices module last year, I knew I wanted to continue with the Writing Lives project. I …
John Shinn (1837-1925): Home and Family
John was introduced to the workplace at a young age in the cabinet trade with his father and brother. It was common …
John Shinn (1837-1925): Purpose and Audience.
I have made a brief and rough sketch of my childhood and life to show some of the hardships and trials that I went …
John Shinn (1837-1925): Respectability and Improvement
I often wonder how I have been able to attain my present position, but it has only been done by… perseverance and …
John Shinn (1837-1925): Biographical Entry
622 SHINN, John, ‘A Sketch of My Life and Times’, MS, pp.46 (c.7,500words). Extract in J. Burnett (ed.), Destiny Obscure. Autobiographies of …
John Shinn (1837-1925): Life and Labour
I have been through it all so that I can speak from experience, the life of the working in those days was …
John Shinn (1837-1925): Autobiography, Class and Schooling
At the time of my school age my parents were very poor and in great distress and private schools were few …
Introducing John Shinn (1837-1925)
Born in London, 1837, John Shinn provides an intriguing insight into his life through his memoir ‘A Sketch of My Life and …
John Shinn (1837-1925): Reading and Writing
Shinn hardly mentions any details about reading and writing in his memoir. Instead, he dedicates it to his early childhood labour and …
John Shinn (1837-1925): Habits, Belief and Culture
John Shinn introduces his two predominant habits of painting and playing music that became an everyday occupation during his childhood. Despite growing …