Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 156
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The rest of the aftn - talking to Dr De Boissier - He's in charge - Born in Mauritius & educated in Edinburgh - He was in Edinburgh when I was – in 1907 - He's married & has 2 children - We got on well because he's brainy - He loves history & has a vy fair library devoted to Political ecclesiastical history & also Military history - I asked him if his wife or anyone took any stock in his hobby - Alas he said – No – not a soul save perhaps the Priests - De B - is a Roman Catholic I believe - The lives of the Popes are great reading & he knew Von Ranke & Creighton & Acton but his favorite work was by Dr Pastor – a vy learned work – not yet completed - Well Popedom & its history runs from the Sack of Rome till to-day & touches history evy minute of that long time -
He's a most interesting man to meet & talk to - Fancy meeting in an out of the way place like Fiji a man devoted to historical Knowledge & revelling in Memoirs & monographs of actors long passed away -