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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)
1844
Death
Date of death (YYYY)
1929
Sex
Sex as assigned at birth
M
Occupation
Occupations drawn from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or other sources
Statistician
Biography
Short summary drawn from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or other sources
Sir Alfred Edmund Bateman (1844–1929); statistician. Held the position of President of the Royal Statistical Society in 1897; a civil servant, he was also Chairman of the Enemy Exports Committee.
Committee(s)
A list of committees the person was a member of
Committee of Management
Council
Image Source
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<p class="alignRight creditline">Stoneman, Walter. Portrait of Sir Alfred Edmund Bateman. Bromide Print. 1917. NPG x163942 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw109355/Sir-Alfred-Edmund-Bateman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw109355/Sir-Alfred-Edmund-Bateman</a>.</p>
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Bateman, Alfred Edmund
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Bateman, Alfred Edmund (1844–1929)
Description
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Sir Alfred Edmund Bateman (1844–1929); statistician.
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Person
Identifier
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Bateman-Alfred-Edmund
civil service
Committee of Management
Council
statistics
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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)
1840
Death
Date of death (YYYY)
1921
Sex
Sex as assigned at birth
M
Occupation
Occupations drawn from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or other sources
Author
Poet
Biography
Short summary drawn from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or other sources
(Henry) Austin Dobson (1840–1921; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); poet and author. Published poetry in periodicals including <em>Temple Bar</em> and <em>St Paul's</em>, and several volumes of verse. Also published <em>The Civil Service Handbook of English Literature</em> (1874), and several works of biography and criticism.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Entry
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<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32845" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32845</a>
Committee(s)
A list of committees the person was a member of
Committee of Management
Council
Image Source
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Barraud, Herbert Rose. Portrait of Austin Dobson. Carbon Print. Eglington & Co., 1891. NPG Ax5544 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw121363/Henry-Austin-Dobson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw121363/Henry-Austin-Dobson</a>.
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Title
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Dobson, Henry Austin
Subject
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Dobson, Henry Austin (1840–1921)
Description
An account of the resource
(Henry) Austin Dobson (1840–1921); poet and author.
Type
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Person
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Dobson-Henry-Austin
civil service
Committee of Management
Council
criticism
fiction
journalism
life writing
poetry
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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
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
people
Person
Birth
Date of birth (YYYY)
1810
Death
Date of death (YYYY)
1888
Sex
Sex as assigned at birth
M
Occupation
Occupations drawn from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or other sources
Poet
Professor
Biography
Short summary drawn from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or other sources
Francis Hastings Doyle, second baronet (1810–1888; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); poet and civil servant. Elected Professor of Poetry at Oxford in 1867. Among his better-known ballads are 'The Red Thread of Honour', 'The Private of the Buffs', 'The Fusilier's Dog', 'The Loss of the Birkenhead', and 'Mehrab Khan'.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Entry
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<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/7998" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/7998</a>
Image Source
A citation for the image. All images are either used under a Creative Commons licence or with permission
Portrait of Sir Francis Hastings Doyle. Engraving. c. 1880. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sir_Francis_Hastings_Doyle_engraving_circa_1880.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sir_Francis_Hastings_Doyle_engraving_circa_1880.jpg</a>.
Position(s)
Positions within the Society of Authors or committees (the latter specified by the [Committee(s)] field) such as Chairman or Honorary Secretary
Vice-President
Position Start Date
The date the person took on the position within the Society of Authors or committee (the latter specified by the [Position] field) such as Chairman or Honorary Secretary
1884 (Vice-President)
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Title
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Doyle, Francis Hastings Charles
Subject
The topic of the resource
Doyle, Francis Hastings Charles (1810–1888)
Description
An account of the resource
Francis Hastings Doyle (1810–1888); poet and civil servant.
Type
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Person
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Doyle-Francis-Hastings-Charles
civil service
education
poetry
Vice-Presidents
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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
Pen Name
Any name used to publish
Minimus, Numa
Birth
Date of birth (YYYY)
1861
Death
Date of death (YYYY)
1938
Sex
Sex as assigned at birth
M
Occupation
Occupations drawn from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or other sources
Administrator
Historian
Biography
Short summary drawn from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or other sources
Sir Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1861–1938; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); historian and civil service administrator. Published historical works, books on education, and criticism.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Entry
Static URI for the person's entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, where available
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34458" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34458</a>
Committee(s)
A list of committees the person was a member of
Committee of Management
Council
Image Source
A citation for the image. All images are either used under a Creative Commons licence or with permission
Leathes, Stanley Mordaunt. <em>What is Education?</em> London: G. Bell & Sons, 1913. <a href="https://archive.org/details/whatiseducation00leatrich" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://archive.org/details/whatiseducation00leatrich</a>.
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Leathes, Stanley Mordaunt
Subject
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Leathes, Stanley Mordaunt (1861–1938)
Description
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Sir Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1861–1938); historian and civil service administrator.
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Person
Identifier
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Leathes-Stanley-Mordaunt
civil service
Committee of Management
Council
criticism
education
history
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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
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
people
Person
Birth
Date of birth (YYYY)
1833
Death
Date of death (YYYY)
1908
Sex
Sex as assigned at birth
M
Occupation
Occupations drawn from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or other sources
Journalist
Biography
Short summary drawn from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or other sources
Joseph Charles Parkinson (1833-1908); journalist, civil servant and social reformer. Prolific contributor to the <em>Daily News</em> and other periodicals including <em>The World</em>; edited <em>All the Year Round</em> from 1871.
Committee(s)
A list of committees the person was a member of
Council
Image Source
A citation for the image. All images are either used under a Creative Commons licence or with permission
Sarony, Oliver François Xavier. Portrait of Joseph Charles Parkinson. Albumen Carte De Visite. c. 1865. NPG Ax29947 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw111500/Joseph-Charles-Parkinson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw111500/Joseph-Charles-Parkinson</a>.
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Parkinson, Joseph Charles
Subject
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Parkinson, Joseph Charles (1833-1908)
Description
An account of the resource
Joseph Charles Parkinson (1833-1908); journalist, civil servant and social reformer.
Type
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Person
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Parkinson-Joseph-Charles
civil service
Council
editing
journalism
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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
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
people
Person
Sex
Sex as assigned at birth
M
Occupation
Occupations drawn from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or other sources
Barrister
Biography
Short summary drawn from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or other sources
William Baptiste Scoones (1838–1906); barrister and historian. Wrote several works on education and the civil service. One of the founding members of the Society of Authors.
Publisher(s)
When used for publications, publisher of the periodical or book. When used for people, list of publishers they worked with during their lifetime
James Bain
Kegan Paul & Co.
Warrington & Co.
Committee(s)
A list of committees the person was a member of
Council
Image Source
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Scoones, William Baptiste. <em>Four Centuries of English Letters</em>. London: C. K. Paul, 1880. <a href="https://archive.org/details/fourcenturiesen00scoogoog" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://archive.org/details/fourcenturiesen00scoogoog</a>.
Birth
Date of birth (YYYY)
1838
Death
Date of death (YYYY)
1906
Society Membership Start Date
When they joined the SoA (YYYY)
1884
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Scoones, William Baptiste
Subject
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Scoones, William Baptiste (1838–1906)
Description
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William Baptiste Scoones (1838–1906); barrister and historian.
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Person
Identifier
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Scoones-William-Baptiste
civil service
Council
education
founders
history
law