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1	https://historysoa.com/items/show/1	Besant, Walter	<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Besant%2C+Walter+%281836%E2%80%931901%29">Besant, Walter (1836–1901)</a>	Sir Walter Besant (1836–1901); writer and campaigner for authors&#039; rights.										<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Person">Person</a>	Besant-Walter		<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=A.+%26+C.+Black">A. &amp; C. Black</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Arrowsmith">Arrowsmith</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Blackwood">Blackwood</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Chapman+%26+Hall">Chapman &amp; Hall</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Chatto+%26+Windus">Chatto &amp; Windus</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Macmillan+%26+Co.">Macmillan &amp; Co.</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Methuen">Methuen</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sampson+Low">Sampson Low</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Thomas+Burleigh">Thomas Burleigh</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Tinsley+Brothers">Tinsley Brothers</a>		<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30736" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30736</a>					<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=74&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1885+%28Chairman+of+Committee+of+Management%29">1885 (Chairman of Committee of Management)</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=74&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1892+%28Chairman+of+Committee+of+Management%29">1892 (Chairman of Committee of Management)</a>	<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=73&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1884+%28Chairman+of+Committee+of+Management%29">1884 (Chairman of Committee of Management)</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=73&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1888+%28Chairman+of+Committee+of+Management%29">1888 (Chairman of Committee of Management)</a>	<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Chairman+%28Committee+of+Management%29">Chairman (Committee of Management)</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Chairman+%28Council%29">Chairman (Council)</a>		<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Author">Author</a>	<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=79&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=M">M</a>	<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=85&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1901">1901</a>	<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=84&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1884">1884</a>			<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=71&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1883+%28Founders%27+Sub-Committee%29">1883 (Founders&#039; Sub-Committee)</a>					<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1901">1901</a>	Sir Walter Besant (1836–1901; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); writer and campaigner for authors' rights. One of the founding members of the Society of Authors, and the first chairman of the <a href="https://historysoa.com/exhibits/show/management-committee">Committee of Management</a> and the <a href="https://historysoa.com/exhibits/show/council">Council</a>. After his second tenure, resigned as Chairman of the Committee of Management on 17 December 1892, in an attempt to stop the Society being seen as a mouthpiece for Besant alone.	<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1836">1836</a>	<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=62&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1901">1901</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=62&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1901">1901</a>	<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=68&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1901">1901</a>	<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=67&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1884">1884</a>	<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=61&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1884">1884</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=61&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1884">1884</a>	<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Committee+of+Management">Committee of Management</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Council">Council</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Founders%27+Sub-Committee">Founders&#039; Sub-Committee</a>	<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1901">1901</a>	<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=69&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1884">1884</a>						Barraud, Herbert Rose. Portrait of Walter Besant. <span>Carbon Print. Richard Bentley &amp; Son, 1888. </span> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walter_Besant_by_Barraud_c1880s.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walter_Besant_by_Barraud_c1880s.jpg</a>.	<iframe width="100%" height="635" src="https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/index.html?source=1CGpToYotW2gSLSIuuV6pPyBEw9OhKZ2_j-GFMpUMd5M&amp;font=Default&amp;lang=en&amp;timenav_position=top&amp;initial_zoom=0&amp;height=635" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0"></iframe>						https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/1/1888-Besant-Walter.jpeg	Committee of Management, Council, fiction, founders, history, The Author