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Title
A name given to the resource
Society of Authors Members
Description
An account of the resource
By the time of the first general meeting on 18 February 1884, the Society of Authors had 14 <a href="https://historysoa.com/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Vice-President&sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CTitle">Vice-Presidents</a> and 68 members. Annual subscription was set at a guinea; life subscription was 10 guineas.<br /><br />Initially, new members could join as Fellows, Members or Associates. Fellow status was abolished; not all Fellows paid for subscription and their position within the Society was thus unclear. Members had to have authored at least one full-length work (whether published or performed). Associates were aspiring writers who may not have had any work published.<br /><br />By 1886, there were 153 members. This rose to 240 in 1888, 372 in 1889, 662 in 1891 and 870 in 1892 (Walter Besant, <a href="https://historysoa.com/publications/1893-Besant-The-Society-of-Authors"><em>The Society of Authors: A Record of Its Action from Its Foundation</em></a>, 1893). By 1912, there were over 2,000 members (<em><a href="https://historysoa.com/publications/1912-Prospectus">Society of Authors Prospectus</a></em>, 1912).<br /><br />This collection currently includes over 200 prominent members of the Society.
Identifier
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people
Person
Birth
Date of birth (YYYY)
1843
Death
Date of death (YYYY)
1914
Sex
Sex as assigned at birth
M
Occupation
Occupations drawn from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or other sources
Politician
Biography
Short summary drawn from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or other sources
Sir William Reynell Anson, third baronet (1843–1914; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); politician and college head. Associated with the <em>Law Quarterly Review</em>. Published legal works including <em>Law and Custom of the Constitution</em> (three volumes in 1886, 1892 and 1908).
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Entry
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<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30423" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30423</a>
Committee(s)
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Council
Image Source
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Lafayette Photography Studio. Portrait of Sir William Reynell Anson. Photograph. 1906. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_William_Anson,_3rd_Baronet#/media/File:Sir_William_Reynell_Anson,_3rd_Bt._(1843-1914).jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_William_Anson,_3rd_Baronet#/media/File:Sir_William_Reynell_Anson,_3rd_Bt._(1843-1914).jpg</a>.
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Title
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Anson, William Reynell
Subject
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Anson, William Reynell (1843–1914)
Description
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Sir William Reynell Anson, third baronet (1843–1914); politician and college head.
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Person
Identifier
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Anson-William-Reynell
Council
law
politics
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https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/87/1894-Grundy-Sydney.jpeg
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Title
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Society of Authors Members
Description
An account of the resource
By the time of the first general meeting on 18 February 1884, the Society of Authors had 14 <a href="https://historysoa.com/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Vice-President&sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CTitle">Vice-Presidents</a> and 68 members. Annual subscription was set at a guinea; life subscription was 10 guineas.<br /><br />Initially, new members could join as Fellows, Members or Associates. Fellow status was abolished; not all Fellows paid for subscription and their position within the Society was thus unclear. Members had to have authored at least one full-length work (whether published or performed). Associates were aspiring writers who may not have had any work published.<br /><br />By 1886, there were 153 members. This rose to 240 in 1888, 372 in 1889, 662 in 1891 and 870 in 1892 (Walter Besant, <a href="https://historysoa.com/publications/1893-Besant-The-Society-of-Authors"><em>The Society of Authors: A Record of Its Action from Its Foundation</em></a>, 1893). By 1912, there were over 2,000 members (<em><a href="https://historysoa.com/publications/1912-Prospectus">Society of Authors Prospectus</a></em>, 1912).<br /><br />This collection currently includes over 200 prominent members of the Society.
Identifier
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people
Person
Birth
Date of birth (YYYY)
1848
Death
Date of death (YYYY)
1914
Sex
Sex as assigned at birth
M
Occupation
Occupations drawn from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or other sources
Dramatist
Biography
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Sydney Grundy (1848–1914); dramatist. Librettist of several comic operas, and adapted many European plays.
Committee(s)
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Committee of Management
Council
Drama Sub-Committee
Dramatic Sub-Committee
Image Source
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Lombardi & Co. Portrait of Sydney Grundy. Photograph. 1894. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Grundy#/media/File:SydneyGrundy1894.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Grundy#/media/File:SydneyGrundy1894.jpg</a>.
Sub-Committee Start Date
The date the person joined the sub-committee specified by the [Committee(s)] field
1899 (Dramatic Sub-Committee)
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Grundy, Sydney
Subject
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Grundy, Sydney (1848–1914)
Description
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Sydney Grundy (1848–1914); dramatist.
Type
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Person
Identifier
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Grundy-Sydney
Committee of Management
Council
drama
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Title
A name given to the resource
Society of Authors Members
Description
An account of the resource
By the time of the first general meeting on 18 February 1884, the Society of Authors had 14 <a href="https://historysoa.com/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Vice-President&sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CTitle">Vice-Presidents</a> and 68 members. Annual subscription was set at a guinea; life subscription was 10 guineas.<br /><br />Initially, new members could join as Fellows, Members or Associates. Fellow status was abolished; not all Fellows paid for subscription and their position within the Society was thus unclear. Members had to have authored at least one full-length work (whether published or performed). Associates were aspiring writers who may not have had any work published.<br /><br />By 1886, there were 153 members. This rose to 240 in 1888, 372 in 1889, 662 in 1891 and 870 in 1892 (Walter Besant, <a href="https://historysoa.com/publications/1893-Besant-The-Society-of-Authors"><em>The Society of Authors: A Record of Its Action from Its Foundation</em></a>, 1893). By 1912, there were over 2,000 members (<em><a href="https://historysoa.com/publications/1912-Prospectus">Society of Authors Prospectus</a></em>, 1912).<br /><br />This collection currently includes over 200 prominent members of the Society.
Identifier
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people
Person
Pen Name
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Raleigh, Cecil
Birth
Date of birth (YYYY)
1856
Death
Date of death (YYYY)
1914
Sex
Sex as assigned at birth
M
Occupation
Occupations drawn from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or other sources
Actor
Playwright
Biography
Short summary drawn from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or other sources
Abraham Cecil Francis Fothergill Rowlands (1856–1914); actor and playwright (as Cecil Raleigh). Wrote many successful plays with collaborators including <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Critchett-Richard-Claude">R. C. Carton</a> and <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Sims-George-Robert">George Robert Sims</a>; also reviewed theatre for several London papers.
Committee(s)
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Dramatic Sub-Committee
Image Source
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Raleigh, Cecil. <em>The Sins of Society: A Novel</em>. New York: G. W. Dillingham Co. <a href="https://archive.org/details/sinsofsocietynov00raleiala" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://archive.org/details/sinsofsocietynov00raleiala</a>.
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Rowlands, Abraham Cecil Francis Fothergill
Subject
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Rowlands, Abraham Cecil Francis Fothergill (1856–1914)
Description
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Abraham Cecil Francis Fothergill Rowlands (1856–1914); actor and playwright (as Cecil Raleigh).
Type
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Person
Identifier
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Rowlands-Abraham-Cecil-Francis-Fothergill
criticism
drama
journalism