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LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE

 

Definition:

A subscription club, usually with a library and newspaper room, established from c.1815-1860, their educational function gradually taken over by the public libraries in the later 19th century.
 

 

Aliases:

Literary And Philosophical Society, Lyceum
 

 

Parent Term:

INSTITUTE
 

 

Hierarchy:

TOP / EDUCATION / INSTITUTE / LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE
 

 

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