GALTON FRANK WALLIS 1867-1952 SECRETARY FABIAN SOCIETY 1886-1947
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Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
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In October 1883 Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) and Hubert Bland (1855-1914) decided to form a socialist debating group with their Quaker friend Edward Pease (1857-1955). They were also joined by Havelock Ellis (1859-1939) and Frank Podmore (1856-1910). In January 1884 they decided to call themselves the Fabian Society. Hubert Bland chaired the first meeting and was elected treasurer. By March 1884 the group had twenty members. However, over the next couple of years the group increased in size and incl...
Webb, Sidney, 1859-1947
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British socialist and economist. He and his wife, Beatrice, were early members of the Fabian Society. From the description of [Letter, 19]29 Feb. 9, Passfield Corner, Liphook, Hants. [to] Esther Lowenthal / Sidney Webb. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 464289622 Author and activist Sidney Webb, along with his wife Beatrice, was an influential force for social reform in Great Britain. A brilliant student, he earned a law degree and held political aspirations. He was won o...
Webb, Martha Beatrice, 1858-1943.
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For a biographical history of Sidney and Beatrice Webb, see the description for the Passfield personal papers (Ref: Passfield). From the guide to the Album of photographs of cooperative shops in Leningrad, given to Sidney Webb, 1934, (British Library of Political and Economic Science) Married Sidney Webb (1859-1947), later Baron Passfield, in 1892. Epithet: social reformer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Desc...
Galton Frank Wallis 1867-1952
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Frank Wallis Galton was born in London in 1867. He was educated at the Working Men's College at Great Ormond, London. He was apprentice to a silversmith and engraver in the City of London and Freeman of the City by servitude. He was Private Secretary to Sydney and Beatrice Webb from 1892 to 1898; Secretary of the London Reform Union, 1899-1918 and the City of London Liberal Association, 1903-1905. During the First World War he was Assistant Secretary to the Central Association of Volunteer Regim...
