| 词条 | Friday Island, River Thames |
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|label = |lat = 51.4625 |long = -0.5693 |caption = Map showing the location of Friday Island within Berkshire. |float = right |background = white |width = 300 }} Friday Island is an island in the River Thames in England at Old Windsor, Berkshire. It is on the reach above Bell Weir Lock, just short of Old Windsor Lock. SecludedThe small island, whose shape is said to resemble the footprint of Man Friday in Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe, contains a two-bedroom cottage with a well, almost hidden by willow trees.[1] For thirty years this was the home of Dr Julius Grant, the forensic scientist, from 1966 until his death in 1991. He was noted, among other detection, for proving in 1984 that the Hitler Diaries published in the Sunday Times were forgeries, despite an endorsement of their authenticity from the historian Hugh Trevor-Roper.[2] The lock keeper recalled Dr Grant saying that when he went to the island, he felt it was like going a million miles away. It was like owning half of Australia, it was so secluded.[3] See also
References1. ^Leigh Hatts: The Thames Path [https://books.google.hu/books?id=J6inCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA88&lpg=PA88&dq=%22Friday+Island%22+thames+owner&source=bl&ots=ujGi-zSUca&sig=6DiR8xZWUDMblvTzo7ehmhCAuYk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA9Yzh4cPaAhUFaVAKHfjgDaEQ6AEIezAK#v=onepage&q&f=false Retrieved 18 April 2018.] {{Commons cat|Friday Island, River Thames|Friday Island}}{{Start box}}{{River island start|River=River Thames}}{{River item line X|upstream=Ham Island2. ^Christopher Winn: I Never Knew That about the Thames (London: Ebury Press, 2010), p. 128. 3. ^Paul Goldsack River Thames: In the footsteps of the famous English Heritage/Bradt 2003 |downstream=Friary Island |thisis = Friday Island}}{{End box}}{{coord |51.4625|-0.5693|type:isle_region:GB|display=title}} 1 : Islands of the River Thames |
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