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72https://historysoa.com/items/show/72À Beckett, Arthur William<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%C3%80+Beckett%2C+Arthur+William+%281844%E2%80%931909%29">À Beckett, Arthur William (1844–1909)</a>Arthur William à Beckett (1844–1909); humorist and journalist.<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>A-Beckett-Arthur-William<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30318" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30318</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Vice-Chairman+%28Committee+of+Management%29">Vice-Chairman (Committee of Management)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Journalist">Journalist</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1909">1909</a>Arthur William à Beckett (1844–1909; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); humorist and journalist. Published novels and plays, including collaborations with <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Burnand-Francis-Cowley">F. C. Burnand</a>. Acted as editor for several periodicals including the <em>Glow-Worm</em>, <em>Britannia</em>, <em>Tomahawk</em>, <em>Naval and Military Magazine</em>, the <em>Sunday Times</em>, and <em>Punch</em> (working under Burnand).<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1844">1844</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=67&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1891">1891</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=Copyright+Sub-Committee">Copyright Sub-Committee</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Drama+Sub-Committee">Drama Sub-Committee</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=69&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1891">1891</a>Portrait of Arthur William à Beckett. Photograph.<span>&nbsp;1896. </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_William_%C3%A0_Beckett#/media/File:Arthur_William_A_Beckett.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_William_%C3%A0_Beckett#/media/File:Arthur_William_A_Beckett.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/72/1896-A-Beckett-Arthur_William.jpegCommittee of Management, copyright, Council, drama, editing, fiction, journalism
117https://historysoa.com/items/show/117Austin, Alfred<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Austin%2C+Alfred+%281835%E2%80%931913%29">Austin, Alfred (1835–1913)</a>Alfred Austin (1835–1913); poet.<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>Austin-Alfred<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30503" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30503</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Poet">Poet</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=84&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1889">1889</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1913">1913</a>Alfred Austin (1835–1913; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); poet. Joined the Society of Authors in 1889. Appointed Poet Laureate in 1896. Published over forty volumes of verse, poetical drama, novels and criticism.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1835">1835</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=69&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1890">1890</a>Portrait of Alfred Austin. Albumen Print. c. 1894. NPG P1700(12c) © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw233732/Alfred-Austin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw233732/Alfred-Austin</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/117/1894-Austin-Alfred.jpgCouncil, drama, fiction, poetry
209https://historysoa.com/items/show/209Bantock, Granville Ransome<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Bantock%2C+Granville+Ransome+%281868%E2%80%931946%29">Bantock, Granville Ransome (1868–1946)</a>Sir Granville Ransome Bantock (1868–1946); composer.<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>Bantock-Granville-Ransome<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30577" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30577</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Composer">Composer</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1946">1946</a>Sir Granville Ransome Bantock (1868–1946; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); composer. Published a range of musical works including operas, choral works, orchestral works, concertos, tone poems, chamber music and songs.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1868">1868</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Composers+Sub-Committee">Composers Sub-Committee</a>Lafayette, Dublin. Portrait of Granville Ransome Bantock. Photograph. Reproduced in Hadden, J. Cuthbert. <em>Modern Musicians</em>. Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis, 1913. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_Bantock#/media/File:Granville_Bantock_1868_-_1946.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_Bantock#/media/File:Granville_Bantock_1868_-_1946.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/209/1913-Bantock-Granville-Ransome.jpegdrama, music, poetry
119https://historysoa.com/items/show/119Barrie, James Matthew<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Barrie%2C+James+Matthew+%281860%E2%80%931937%29">Barrie, James Matthew (1860–1937)</a>Sir J. M. Barrie, baronet (1860–1937); playwright and novelist.<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>Barrie-James-Matthew<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30617" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30617</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=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</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=84&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1891">1891</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1937">1937</a>Sir J. M. Barrie, baronet (1860–1937; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); playwright and novelist. Prolific author and contributor to major journals. Best known for the creation of Peter Pan. Joined the Society of Authors in 1891.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1860">1860</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>Barraud, Herbert Rose. Portrait of J. M. Barrie. Sepia Carbon Print. 1892. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Barrie#/media/File:James_Matthew_Barrie00.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Barrie#/media/File:James_Matthew_Barrie00.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/119/1892-Barrie-James-Matthew.jpegCouncil, drama, fiction, journalism
175https://historysoa.com/items/show/175Besier, Rudolf Wilhelm<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Besier%2C+Rudolf+Wilhelm+%281878%E2%80%931942%29">Besier, Rudolf Wilhelm (1878–1942)</a>Rudolf Wilhelm Besier (1878–1942); dramatist and translator.<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>Besier-Rudolf-Wilhelm<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dramatist">Dramatist</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1942">1942</a>Rudolf Wilhelm Besier (1878–1942); dramatist and translator. In addition to writing his own plays, worked with writers (including <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Wells-George-Herbert">H. G. Wells</a>) to adapt their works for the stage.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1878">1878</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dramatic+Sub-Committee">Dramatic Sub-Committee</a>Besier, Rudolf. <em>The Barretts Of Wimpole Street.</em> Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1936. <a href="https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.351050/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.351050</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/175/1936-Besier-Rudolf.pngdrama, translation
201https://historysoa.com/items/show/201Bridges, Robert Seymour<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Bridges%2C+Robert+Seymour+%281844%E2%80%931930%29">Bridges, Robert Seymour (1844–1930)</a>Robert Seymour Bridges (1844–1930); poet.<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>Bridges-Robert-Seymour<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32066" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32066</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Poet">Poet</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1930">1930</a>Robert Seymour Bridges (1844–1930; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); poet. Published several collections of verse, verse drama, essays on poetry, and biographical accounts. Appointed Poet Laureate in 1913.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1844">1844</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>Hollyer, Frederick. Robert Bridges. Photogravure. 1888. NPG x4297 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw174017/Robert-Bridges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw174017/Robert-Bridges</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/201/1888-Bridges-Robert-Seymour.jpgCouncil, criticism, drama, life writing, poetry
27https://historysoa.com/items/show/27Burnand, Francis Cowley<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Burnand%2C+Francis+Cowley+%281836%E2%80%931917%29">Burnand, Francis Cowley (1836–1917)</a>Sir F. C. Burnand (1836–1917); author, editor and playwright.<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>Burnand-Francis-Cowley<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32183" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32183</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+%28Vice-President%29">1884 (Vice-President)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Vice-President">Vice-President</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=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1917">1917</a>Sir F. C. Burnand (1836–1917; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); author, editor and playwright. Became editor of&nbsp;<em>Punch </em>in 1880, a post he held until 1906. A prolific playwright, he is best known as the librettist of Arthur Sullivan's comic opera <em>Cox and Box </em>(1866)<em>. </em><span>Appointed a Vice-President of the Society of Authors.</span><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=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Drama+Sub-Committee">Drama Sub-Committee</a>Walery. Portrait of Frank Burnand. Carbon Print. Sampson Low &amp; Co., Nov. 1888. NPG x9112 <span>© National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw159922/Frank-Burnand" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw159922/Frank-Burnand</a>.</span>https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/27/1888-11-Burnand-Frank.jpgdrama, editing, Vice-Presidents
177https://historysoa.com/items/show/177Chambers, Charles Haddon Spurgeon<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Chambers%2C+Charles+Haddon+Spurgeon+%281860%E2%80%931921%29">Chambers, Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1860–1921)</a>C. Haddon Chambers (1860–1921); dramatist.<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>Chambers-Charles-Haddon-Spurgeon<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dramatist">Dramatist</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1921">1921</a>C. Haddon Chambers (1860–1921); dramatist. Wrote for <em>The London Bulletin</em>; also published short stories in magazines including<em> Society</em> and <em>Truth</em>. Had several plays successfully produced.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1860">1860</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dramatic+Sub-Committee">Dramatic Sub-Committee</a>Ellis &amp; Walery. Portrait of C. H. Chambers. Photograph. c. 1888. <a href="Ellis%20&amp; Walery. Portrait of C. H. Chambers. Photograph. c. 1888. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Haddon_Chambers#/media/File:Charles_Haddon_Chambers_001.jpg." target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Haddon_Chambers#/media/File:Charles_Haddon_Chambers_001.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/177/1888-Chambers-Charles-Haddon-Spurgeon.jpegdrama, fiction, journalism
29https://historysoa.com/items/show/29Collins, William Wilkie<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Collins%2C+William+Wilkie">Collins, William Wilkie</a>(William) Wilkie Collins (1824–1889); novelist and playwright.<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>Collins-William-Wilkie<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/5961" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/5961</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+%28Vice-President%29">1884 (Vice-President)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Vice-President">Vice-President</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1889">1889</a>(William) Wilkie Collins (1824–1889; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); novelist and playwright. Appointed a Vice-President of the Society of Authors.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1824">1824</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>Elliott &amp; Fry. Portrait of Wilkie Collins. Photograph. ?1871. <span>&nbsp;</span><span>LC-USZ62-134810 </span>Library of Congress. <a href="http://loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3c34810/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3c34810/</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/29/1871-Collins-Wilkie.jpegCouncil, drama, fiction, journalism, Vice-Presidents
128https://historysoa.com/items/show/128Craigie, Pearl Mary Teresa Richards<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Craigie%2C+Pearl+Mary+Teresa+Richards+%281867%E2%80%931906%29">Craigie, Pearl Mary Teresa Richards (1867–1906)</a>Pearl Craigie (1867–1906); novelist and playwright.<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>Craigie-Pearl-Mary-Teresa-Richards<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32612" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32612</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Hobbes%2C+John+Oliver">Hobbes, John Oliver</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=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=79&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=F">F</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1906">1906</a>Pearl Craigie (1867–1906; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); novelist and playwright under the name John Oliver Hobbes. Wrote many successful novels, plays and essays.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1867">1867</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>Beresford, George Charles. Portrait of John Oliver Hobbes. Sepia-Toned Platinotype. c. 1903. NPG x6997 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw19669/John-Oliver-Hobbes-Pearl-Mary-Teresa-Craigie-ne-Richards" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw19669/John-Oliver-Hobbes-Pearl-Mary-Teresa-Craigie-ne-Richards</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/128/1903-Hobbes-John-Oliver.jpgCouncil, criticism, drama, fiction
129https://historysoa.com/items/show/129Crawford, Francis Marion<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Crawford%2C+Francis+Marion+%281854%E2%80%931909%29">Crawford, Francis Marion (1854–1909)</a>Francis Marion Crawford (1854–1909); author.<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>Crawford-Francis-Marion<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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1909">1909</a>Francis Marion Crawford (1854–1909); author. Prolific writer of novels, short stories and plays; best known for his Italian novels.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1854">1854</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=69&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1890">1890</a>Portrait of F. M. Crawford. Photograph. L. C. Page and Co., 1903. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Marion_Crawford#/media/File:F_Marion_Crawford.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Marion_Crawford#/media/File:F_Marion_Crawford.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/129/1903-Crawford-Francis-Marion.jpegCouncil, drama, fiction
130https://historysoa.com/items/show/130Crawfurd, John Oswald Frederick<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Crawfurd%2C+John+Oswald+Frederick+%281834%E2%80%931909%29">Crawfurd, John Oswald Frederick (1834–1909)</a>(John) Oswald Frederick Crawfurd (1834–1909); writer and diplomatist.<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>Crawfurd-John-Oswald-Frederick<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32620" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32620</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dangerfield%2C+John">Dangerfield, John</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Latouche%2C+John">Latouche, John</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sandys%2C+George+Windle">Sandys, George Windle</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=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Diplomatist">Diplomatist</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1909">1909</a>(John) Oswald Frederick Crawfurd (1834–1909; <em>Oxford DNB</em>), writer and diplomatist. Editor and director of <em>Black and White</em>, managing director of Chapman &amp; Hall, and editor of <em>Chapman's Magazine of Fiction</em> from 1895 to 1898. In addition to contributing to various major periodicals, he wrote thirteen novels.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1834">1834</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=69&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1890">1890</a>Crawfurd, Oswald. Portugal, Old and New. New York: Putnam, 1880. <a href="https://archive.org/details/portugaloldnew00crawuoft" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://archive.org/details/portugaloldnew00crawuoft</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/130/1880-Crawfurd-Oswald.pngCouncil, drama, editing, fiction, politics, publishing
176https://historysoa.com/items/show/176Critchett, Richard Claude<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Critchett%2C+Richard+Claude+%281856%E2%80%931928%29">Critchett, Richard Claude (1856–1928)</a>Richard Claude Critchett (1856–1928); actor and playwright (as Claude Carton or R. C. Carton).<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>Critchett-Richard-Claude<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32315" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32315</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Carton%2C+Claude">Carton, Claude</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Carton%2C+R.+C.">Carton, R. C.</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+%28Dramatic+Sub-Committee%29">Chairman (Dramatic Sub-Committee)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Actor">Actor</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1928">1928</a>Richard Claude Critchett (1856–1928; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); actor and playwright (as Claude Carton or R. C. Carton). Collaborated with <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Rowlands-Abraham-Cecil-Francis-Fothergill">Cecil Raleigh</a> in the 1880s, and began to write plays alone in the 1890s. Also collaborated with <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/McCarthy-Justin-Huntly">Justin Huntly McCarthy</a>.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1856">1856</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=Dramatic+Sub-Committee">Dramatic Sub-Committee</a>Ellis, Alfred. Portrait of Claude Carton (Richard Claude Critchett). Carbon Print. Eglington &amp; Co., 1893. NPG Ax28846 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw147221/Claude-Carton-Richard-Claude-Critchett" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw147221/Claude-Carton-Richard-Claude-Critchett</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/176/1893-Critchett-Richard-Claude.jpgCouncil, drama
134https://historysoa.com/items/show/134Dubourg, Augustus William<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dubourg%2C+Augustus+William+%281830%E2%80%931910%29">Dubourg, Augustus William (1830–1910)</a>Augustus William Dubourg (1830–1910); novelist and playwright. <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>Dubourg-Augustus-William<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Doubleday%2C+A.+W.">Doubleday, A. W.</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=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1910">1910</a>Augustus William Dubourg (1830–1910); novelist and playwright. Primarily wrote comedies and romantic dramas; also wrote two novels and contributed to periodicals, including <em>Once a Week</em> and <em>Temple Bar</em>.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1830">1830</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>Moseley, R. S. Portrait of Augustus William Dubourg. Oils on Board. c. 1912.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/134/1912-Dubourg-Augustus-William.jpegCouncil, drama, fiction, journalism
38https://historysoa.com/items/show/38Gilbert, William Schwenck<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Gilbert%2C+William+Schwenck+%281836%E2%80%931911%29">Gilbert, William Schwenck (1836–1911)</a>Sir W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911); playwright.<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>Gilbert-William-Schwenck<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33400</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+%28Vice-President%29">1884 (Vice-President)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Vice-President">Vice-President</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1911">1911</a>W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); playwright. Best known for his collaboration with composer Arthur Sullivan; the two produced fourteen comic operas. <span>Appointed a Vice-President of the Society of Authors.</span><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=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=69&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1906%2F07">1906/07</a>Elliott &amp; Fry. Portrait of W. S. Gilbert. Photograph. 1878. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._S._Gilbert#/media/File:William_S._Gilbert_(1878).jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._S._Gilbert#/media/File:William_S._Gilbert_(1878).jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/38/1879-Gilbert-William-Schwenck.jpgCouncil, drama, Vice-Presidents
87https://historysoa.com/items/show/87Grundy, Sydney<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Grundy%2C+Sydney+%281848%E2%80%931914%29">Grundy, Sydney (1848–1914)</a>Sydney Grundy (1848–1914); dramatist.<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>Grundy-Sydney<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dramatist">Dramatist</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=71&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1899+%28Dramatic+Sub-Committee%29">1899 (Dramatic 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=1914">1914</a>Sydney Grundy (1848–1914); dramatist. Librettist of several comic operas, and adapted many European plays.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1848">1848</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=Drama+Sub-Committee">Drama Sub-Committee</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dramatic+Sub-Committee">Dramatic Sub-Committee</a>Lombardi &amp; 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>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/87/1894-Grundy-Sydney.jpegCommittee of Management, Council, drama
178https://historysoa.com/items/show/178Guthrie, Thomas Anstey<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Guthrie%2C+Thomas+Anstey+%281856%E2%80%931934%29">Guthrie, Thomas Anstey (1856–1934)</a>Thomas Anstey Guthrie (1856–1934); humorous writer.<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>Guthrie-Thomas-Anstey<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33614" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33614</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Anstey%2C+F.">Anstey, F.</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1934">1934</a>Thomas Anstey Guthrie (1856–1934; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); humorous writer under the name F. Anstey. Published in periodicals including the <em>Cambridge Tatler</em> and <em>Punch</em>.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1856">1856</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dramatic+Sub-Committee">Dramatic Sub-Committee</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Pension+Fund+Committee">Pension Fund Committee</a>Bell, Laura Anning. Portrait of Thomas Guthrie. Chalk. NPG 4507 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw02793/Thomas-F-Anstey-Guthrie" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw02793/Thomas-F-Anstey-Guthrie</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/178/Guthrie-Thomas-Anstey.jpgdrama, journalism, pensions
179https://historysoa.com/items/show/179Hamilton, Mary Cicely Hammill<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Hamilton%2C+Mary+Cicely+Hammill+%281872%E2%80%931952%29">Hamilton, Mary Cicely Hammill (1872–1952)</a>Cicely Hamilton (1872–1952); writer and campaigner for women&#039;s 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>Hamilton-Mary-Cicely-Hammill<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/38633" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/38633</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=F">F</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1952">1952</a>Cicely Hamilton (1872–1952; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); writer and campaigner for women's rights. Wrote many successful plays and novels, including <em>A Pageant of Great Women</em> (1909), a suffrage play performed around the country. Founded the <span class="name">Women Writers' Suffrage League</span><span>&nbsp;with the writer&nbsp;</span><span class="name">Bessie Hatton.</span><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1872">1872</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dramatic+Sub-Committee">Dramatic Sub-Committee</a>Portrait of Cicely Hamilton. Photograph. c. 1907. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicely_Hamilton#/media/File:Cicely_Hamilton,_c1907.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicely_Hamilton#/media/File:Cicely_Hamilton,_c1907.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/179/1907-Hamilton-Cicely.jpegdrama, fiction
89https://historysoa.com/items/show/89Hawkins, Anthony Hope<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Hawkins%2C+Anthony+Hope+%281863%E2%80%931933%29">Hawkins, Anthony Hope (1863–1933)</a>Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins (1863–1933); novelist.<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>Hawkins-Anthony-Hope<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33769" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33769</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Hope%2C+Anthony">Hope, Anthony</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=73&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1901+%28Chairman+of+Committee+of+Management%29">1901 (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=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=84&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1892">1892</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1933">1933</a>Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins (1863–1933; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); novelist. An active member of the Society of Authors (which he joined in 1892), sitting on the <a href="https://historysoa.com/exhibits/show/management-committee">Committee of Management</a>, the <a href="https://historysoa.com/exhibits/show/council">Council</a>, and several sub-committees. The <a href="https://historysoa.com/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&amp;advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&amp;advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Special+Committee">Special Committee</a> (1907–1908) was tasked with evaluating the structure and composition of Committee of Management.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1863">1863</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=Copyright+Sub-Committee">Copyright Sub-Committee</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Drama+Sub-Committee">Drama Sub-Committee</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Pension+Fund+Committee">Pension Fund Committee</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Special+Committee">Special Committee</a>Beresford, George Charles. Portrait of Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins. Platinum Print. 1903. NPG x15475 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw19705/Sir-Anthony-Hope-Anthony-Hope-Hawkins" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw19705/Sir-Anthony-Hope-Anthony-Hope-Hawkins</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/89/1903-Hawkins-Anthony-Hope.jpgCommittee of Management, copyright, Council, drama, fiction, pensions
231https://historysoa.com/items/show/231Hollingshead, John<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Hollingshead%2C+John+%281827%E2%80%931904%29">Hollingshead, John (1827–1904)</a>John Hollingshead (1827–1904); journalist and theatre manager.<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>Hollingshead-John<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33946" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33946</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Vice-President">Vice-President</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Journalist">Journalist</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Theatre+Manager">Theatre Manager</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1904">1904</a>John Hollingshead (1827–1904; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); journalist and theatre manager. Published articles in <em>Household Words</em>, <em>Cornhill Magazine</em>, <em>The Morning Post</em> and <em>Punch</em>. Also published volumes of essays and books about the theatre. <span>Appointed a Vice-President of the Society of Authors.</span><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1827">1827</a>Portrait of John Hollingshead. Reproduced in Hollingshead, John. <em>My Lifetime</em>. London: Sampson Low, Marston &amp; Co., 1895. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hollingshead#/media/File:John-hollingshead-1895.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hollingshead#/media/File:John-hollingshead-1895.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/231/1895-Hollingshead-John.jpegdrama, journalism, Vice-Presidents
141https://historysoa.com/items/show/141Jerome, Jerome Klapka<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Jerome%2C+Jerome+Klapka+%281859%E2%80%931927%29">Jerome, Jerome Klapka (1859–1927)</a>Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927); novelist and playwright.<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>Jerome-Jerome-Klapka<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34183" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34183</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=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</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=84&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1889">1889</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1927">1927</a>Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); novelist and playwright. Co-edited <em>The Idler</em>, publishing works by writers including Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, Marie Corelli, <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Doyle-Arthur-Conan">Arthur Conan Doyle</a>, Rudyard Kipling and <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Jacobs-William-Wymark">W. W. Jacobs</a>. Founded the weekly <em>To-Day</em>. Also published several novels and an autobiography. Joined the Society of Authors in 1889.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1859">1859</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=Dramatic+Sub-Committee">Dramatic Sub-Committee</a>Barraud, Herbert Rose. Portrait of Jerome Klapka Jerome. Carbon Print. Eglington &amp; Co., 1893. NPG Ax27638 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw121499/Jerome-Klapka-Jerome" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw121499/Jerome-Klapka-Jerome</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/141/1893-Jerome-Jerome-Klapka.jpgCouncil, drama, editing, fiction, journalism, life writing
142https://historysoa.com/items/show/142Jones, Henry Arthur<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Jones%2C+Henry+Arthur+%281851%E2%80%931929%29">Jones, Henry Arthur (1851–1929)</a>Henry Arthur Jones (1851–1929); playwright.<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>Jones-Henry-Arthur<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34230" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34230</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=73&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1897+%28Dramatic+Sub-Committee%29">1897 (Dramatic Sub-Committee)</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+%28Drama+Sub-Committee%29">Chairman (Drama Sub-Committee)</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+%28Dramatic+Sub-Committee%29">Chairman (Dramatic Sub-Committee)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1929">1929</a>Henry Arthur Jones (1851–1929; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); playwright. Produced many successful plays; later in life, also wrote political essays.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1851">1851</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=Drama+Sub-Committee">Drama Sub-Committee</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=69&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1907">1907</a>Downey, W. &amp; D. Portrait of Henry Arthur Jones. Carbon Print. Cassell &amp; Co., 1892. NPG x134594 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw202224/Henry-Arthur-Jones" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw202224/Henry-Arthur-Jones</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/142/1892-Jones-Henry-Arthur.jpgCouncil, criticism, drama, politics
207https://historysoa.com/items/show/207Klein, Charles<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Klein%2C+Charles+%281867%E2%80%931915%29">Klein, Charles (1867–1915)</a>Charles Klein (1867–1915); playwright and actor.<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>Klein-Charles<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Actor">Actor</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1915">1915</a>Charles Klein (1867–1915); playwright and actor. Wrote many successful plays, primarily melodramas.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1867">1867</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dramatic+Sub-Committee">Dramatic Sub-Committee</a>Portrait of Charles Klein. Photograph. 1907. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Klein#/media/File:Charles_Klein.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Klein#/media/File:Charles_Klein.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/207/1907-Klein-Charles.jpegdrama
180https://historysoa.com/items/show/180Locke, William John<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Locke%2C+William+John+%281863%E2%80%931930%29">Locke, William John (1863–1930)</a>William John Locke (1863–1930); novelist.<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>Locke-William-John<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34576" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34576</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1930">1930</a>William John Locke (1863–1930; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); novelist. A prolific writer of novels and short stories, adapting some of his own works for the stage.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1863">1863</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dramatic+Sub-Committee">Dramatic Sub-Committee</a>Portrait of William John Locke. Reproduced in Cooper, Frederic Taber. <em>Some English Story Tellers</em>. Henry Holt &amp; Co., 1912. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Locke#/media/File:William_John_Locke_001.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Locke#/media/File:William_John_Locke_001.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/180/1912-Locke-William-John.jpegdrama, fiction
208https://historysoa.com/items/show/208Mason, Alfred Edward Woodley<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Mason%2C+Alfred+Edward+Woodley+%281865%E2%80%931948%29">Mason, Alfred Edward Woodley (1865–1948)</a>A. E. W. Mason (1865–1948); novelist.<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>Mason-Alfred-Edward-Woodley<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34916" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34916</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1948">1948</a>A. E. W. Mason (1865–1948; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); novelist. Best known for his Inspector Hanaud stories.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1865">1865</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dramatic+Sub-Committee">Dramatic Sub-Committee</a>Portrait of Alfred Edward Woodley Mason. Reproduced in <em>The Critic </em>(1906). <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._E._W._Mason#/media/File:Picture_of_A._E._W._Mason.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._E._W._Mason#/media/File:Picture_of_A._E._W._Mason.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/208/1906-Mason-Alfred-Edward-Woodley.jpgdrama, fiction
181https://historysoa.com/items/show/181McCarthy, Justin Huntly<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=McCarthy%2C+Justin+Huntly+%281859%E2%80%931936%29">McCarthy, Justin Huntly (1859–1936)</a>Justin Huntly McCarthy (1859–1936); author, historian and politician.<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>McCarthy-Justin-Huntly <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=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Historian">Historian</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Politician">Politician</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1936">1936</a>Justin Huntly McCarthy (1859–1936); author, historian and politician. Wrote novels, poetry, plays, historical works, translations and biographies.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1859">1859</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dramatic+Sub-Committee">Dramatic Sub-Committee</a>Portrait of Justin Huntly McCarthy. Photograph. Reproduced in <em>The Critic</em> (1902). <a href="Portrait%20of Justin Huntly McCarthy. Photograph. Reproduced in The Critic (1902). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Huntly_McCarthy#/media/File:Portrait_of_Justin_Huntly_McCarthy.jpg." target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Huntly_McCarthy#/media/File:Portrait_of_Justin_Huntly_McCarthy.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/181/1902-McCarthy-Justin-Huntly.jpegdrama, fiction, history, life writing, poetry, politics, translation
49https://historysoa.com/items/show/49Merivale, Herman Charles<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Merivale%2C+Herman+Charles+%281839%E2%80%931906%29">Merivale, Herman Charles (1839–1906)</a>Herman Charles Merivale (1839–1906); playwright and novelist.<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>Merivale-Herman-Charles<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34993" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34993</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dale%2C+Felix">Dale, Felix</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+%28Vice-President%29">1884 (Vice-President)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Vice-President">Vice-President</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=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</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=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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1906">1906</a>Herman Charles Merivale (1839–1906; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); playwright and novelist. Appointed a Vice-President of the Society of Authors in 1884, joining the <a href="https://historysoa.com/exhibits/show/management-committee">Committee of Management</a> in the same year.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1839">1839</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=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>Elliott &amp; Fry. Portrait of Herman C. Merivale. Photograph. Reproduced in<em> Bar, Stage &amp; Platform. </em>London: Chatto &amp; Windus, 1902. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Charles_Merivale#/media/File:Herman_Charles_Merivale_autobiography_portrait.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Charles_Merivale#/media/File:Herman_Charles_Merivale_autobiography_portrait.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/49/1902-Merivale-Herbert-Charles.jpegCommittee of Management, Council, drama, fiction, Vice-Presidents
151https://historysoa.com/items/show/151Murray, George Gilbert Aimé<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Murray%2C+George+Gilbert+Aim%C3%A9+%281866%E2%80%931957%29">Murray, George Gilbert Aimé (1866–1957)</a>(George) Gilbert Aimé Murray (1866–1957); classical scholar and internationalist.<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>Murray-George-Gilbert-Aime<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/35159" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/35159</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Scholar">Scholar</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1957">1957</a>(George) Gilbert Aimé Murray (1866–1957; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); classical scholar and internationalist. Published translations of classics, including Euripides and Aristophanes (making Murray's name in theatrical circles); also wrote historical works and volumes on foreign policy.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1866">1866</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>Beresford, George Charles. Portrait of (George) Gilbert Aimé Murray. Vintage Print. 1916. NPG x12907 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw19760/George-Gilbert-Aim-Murray" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw19760/George-Gilbert-Aim-Murray</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/151/1916-Murray-George-Gilbert-Aime_.jpgCouncil, drama, education, politics, translation
101https://historysoa.com/items/show/101Parker, Horatio Gilbert George<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Parker%2C+Horatio+Gilbert+George+%281860%E2%80%931932%29">Parker, Horatio Gilbert George (1860–1932)</a>Sir (Horatio) Gilbert George Parker, baronet (1860–1932); novelist and politician.<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>Parker-Horatio-Gilbert-George<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/35384" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/35384</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=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Politician">Politician</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1932">1932</a>Sir Gilbert Parker, baronet (1860–1932; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); novelist and politician. Born in Canada, he emigrated to Australia before settling in Britain. Became Conservative MP for Gravesend in 1900. Wrote for the <em>Sydney Morning Herald</em>, becoming associate editor. Also published poetry, plays and novels, primarily about the Canadian north.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1860">1860</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=Copyright+Sub-Committee">Copyright Sub-Committee</a>Stoneman, Walter. Portrait of Sir (Horatio) Gilbert George Parker. Bromide Print. James Russell &amp; Sons, c. 1916. NPG Ax39116 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw93801/Sir-Horatio-Gilbert-George-Parker-1st-Bt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw93801/Sir-Horatio-Gilbert-George-Parker-1st-Bt</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/101/1916-Parker-Horatio-Gilbert-George.jpgAustralia, Committee of Management, copyright, Council, drama, editing, fiction, journalism, poetry, politics
154https://historysoa.com/items/show/154Pinero, Arthur Wing<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Pinero%2C+Arthur+Wing+%281855%E2%80%931934%29">Pinero, Arthur Wing (1855–1934)</a>Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855–1934); playwright.<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>Pinero-Arthur-Wing<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/35530" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/35530</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=73&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1909+%28Chairman+of+New+Dramatic+Sub-Committee%29">1909 (Chairman of New Dramatic Sub-Committee)</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+%28New+Dramatic+Sub-Committee%29">Chairman (New Dramatic Sub-Committee)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</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=71&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1899+%28Dramatic+Sub-Committee%29">1899 (Dramatic 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=1934">1934</a>Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855–1934; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); playwright. Joined the Dramatic Sub-Committee in 1899; chairman of the new Dramatic Sub-Committee from 1909.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1855">1855</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=Dramatic+Sub-Committee">Dramatic Sub-Committee</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=New+Dramatic+Sub-Committee">New Dramatic Sub-Committee</a>Downey, W. &amp; D. Portrait of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero. Carbon Print. Cassell &amp; Company, Ltd., 1893. NPG x12459 © National Portrait Gallery, London.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/154/1893-Pinero-Arthur-Wing.jpgCouncil, drama
56https://historysoa.com/items/show/56Reade, Charles<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Reade%2C+Charles+%281814%E2%80%931884%29">Reade, Charles (1814–1884)</a>Charles Reade (1814–1884); novelist and playwright.<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>Reade-Charles<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/23224" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/23224</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+%28Vice-President%29">1884 (Vice-President)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Vice-President">Vice-President</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=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1884">1884</a>Charles Reade (1814–1884; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); novelist and playwright. Appointed a Vice-President of the Society of Authors.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1814">1814</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=69&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1884">1884</a>Goodman, George. Portrait of Charles Reade. Albumen Carte De Visite. 1870-1884. NPG x136252 <span>© National Portrait Gallery, London. </span><a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw218230/Charles-Reade" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw218230/Charles-Reade</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/56/1870-1884-Reade-Charles.jpgCouncil, drama, fiction, Vice-Presidents
104https://historysoa.com/items/show/104Rose, Edward<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Rose%2C+Edward+%281849%E2%80%931904%29">Rose, Edward (1849–1904)</a>Edward Rose (1849–1904); playwright.<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>Rose-Edward<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1904">1904</a>Edward Rose (1849–1904); playwright. Regular contributor to the <em>Illustrated London News</em> and theatre critic for the <em>Sunday Times</em>. Best known for his 1896 adaptation of<em> The Prisoner of Zenda </em>by <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Hawkins-Anthony-Hope">Anthony Hope</a>; also adapted other works by Hope.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1849">1849</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=Drama+Sub-Committee">Drama Sub-Committee</a>Portrait of Edward Rose. Photograph. Reproduced in Rose, Edward. Columbus: A Historical Play in Five Acts. London: Eppingham Wilson, 1873. <a href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VIJVls3eY0sC" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VIJVls3eY0sC</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/104/1873-Rose-Edward.pngCommittee of Management, Council, criticism, drama, journalism
182https://historysoa.com/items/show/182Rowlands, Abraham Cecil Francis Fothergill<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Rowlands%2C+Abraham+Cecil+Francis+Fothergill+%281856%E2%80%931914%29">Rowlands, Abraham Cecil Francis Fothergill (1856–1914)</a>Abraham Cecil Francis Fothergill Rowlands (1856–1914); actor and playwright (as Cecil Raleigh).<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>Rowlands-Abraham-Cecil-Francis-Fothergill<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Raleigh%2C+Cecil">Raleigh, Cecil</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Actor">Actor</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1914">1914</a>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.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1856">1856</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dramatic+Sub-Committee">Dramatic Sub-Committee</a>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>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/182/Raleigh-Cecil.pngcriticism, drama, journalism
107https://historysoa.com/items/show/107Shaw, George Bernard<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Shaw%2C+George+Bernard+%281856%E2%80%931950%29">Shaw, George Bernard (1856–1950)</a>George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950); playwright and polemicist.<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>Shaw-George-Bernard<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/36047" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/36047</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</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=84&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1897">1897</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=72&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1915+%28Dramatic+Sub-Committee%29">1915 (Dramatic Sub-Committee)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=71&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1906+%28Dramatic+Sub-Committee%29">1906 (Dramatic 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=1950">1950</a>George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); playwright and polemicist. Also wrote several novels, political and social writings, and criticism.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1856">1856</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=67&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1905">1905</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=Drama+Sub-Committee">Drama Sub-Committee</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dramatic+Sub-Committee">Dramatic Sub-Committee</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=69&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1905">1905</a>Elliott &amp; Fry. Portrait of George Bernard Shaw. 1900. NPG x81843 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw98349/George-Bernard-Shaw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw98349/George-Bernard-Shaw</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/107/1900-Shaw-George-Bernard.jpgCommittee of Management, Council, criticism, drama, journalism, politics
183https://historysoa.com/items/show/183Symonds, Emily Morse<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Symonds%2C+Emily+Morse+%281860%E2%80%931936%29">Symonds, Emily Morse (1860–1936)</a>Emily Morse Symonds (1860–1936); novelist and playwright (as George Paston).<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>Symonds-Emily-Morse<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/50684" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/50684</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Paston%2C+George">Paston, George</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=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=79&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=F">F</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1936">1936</a>Emily Morse Symonds (1860–1936; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); novelist and playwright (as George Paston). Published a study of the Murray publishing house, several novels with feminist themes, plays and biographies.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1860">1860</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dramatic+Sub-Committee">Dramatic Sub-Committee</a>Paston, George. <em>Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Her Times</em>. London: Methuen &amp; Co., 1907. <a href="https://archive.org/details/ladymarywortley03pastgoog" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://archive.org/details/ladymarywortley03pastgoog</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/183/1907-Paston-George.pngdrama, fiction, life writing, publishing
184https://historysoa.com/items/show/184Tanner, James Tolman<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Tanner%2C+James+Tolman+%281858%E2%80%931915%29">Tanner, James Tolman (1858–1915)</a>James T. Tanner (1858–1915); stage director and dramatist.<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>Tanner-James-Tolman<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Director">Director</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dramatist">Dramatist</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1915">1915</a>James T. Tanner (1858<span>–</span>1915); stage director and dramatist. Wrote many successful musicals, produced by George Edwardes.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1858">1858</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dramatic+Sub-Committee">Dramatic Sub-Committee</a>Tanner, James T. <em>Quaker Girl; A New Musical Play in Three Acts.</em> London: Chappell &amp; Co., 1911. <a href="https://archive.org/details/quakergirlnewmus00monc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://archive.org/details/quakergirlnewmus00monc</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/184/1911-Tanner-James-Tolman.pngdrama
161https://historysoa.com/items/show/161Thomas, William Moy<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Thomas%2C+William+Moy+%281828%E2%80%931910%29">Thomas, William Moy (1828–1910)</a>William Moy Thomas (1828–1910); novelist, journalist and translator.<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>Thomas-William-Moy<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/36483" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/36483</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=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Journalist">Journalist</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1910">1910</a>William Moy Thomas (1828–1910; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); novelist, journalist and translator. First editor of <em>Cassell's Magazine</em>; drama critic for <em>The Academy</em>, 1875–1879, and <em>The Graphic</em> (from 1870); also published several novels.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1828">1828</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>Barraud, Herbert Rose. Portrait of William Moy Thomas. Carbon Print. Carson &amp; Comerford, 1885. NPG Ax29218 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw144633/William-Moy-Thomas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw144633/William-Moy-Thomas</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/161/1885-Thomas-William-Moy.jpgCouncil, drama, editing, fiction, journalism, translation
70https://historysoa.com/items/show/70Wills, William Gorman<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Wills%2C+William+Gorman+%281828%E2%80%931891%29">Wills, William Gorman (1828–1891)</a>W. G. Wills (1828–1891); playwright and portrait painter.<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>Wills-William-Gorman<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/29608" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/29608</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+%28Vice-President%29">1884 (Vice-President)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Vice-President">Vice-President</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Painter">Painter</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1891">1891</a>W. G. Wills (1828–1891; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); playwright and portrait painter. Produced over thirty plays, several novels, lyrics and poetry. Appointed a Vice-President of the Society of Authors.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1828">1828</a>Portrait of William Gorman Wills. Photograph. Reproduced in Freeman Wills, <em>W. G. Wills: Dramatist and Painter</em>. London: <span>Longmans, Green</span><wbr /><span>, &amp; Co., </span>1898. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._G._Wills#/media/File:William_Gorman_Wills.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._G._Wills#/media/File:William_Gorman_Wills.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/70/1898-Wills-William-Gorman.jpegart, drama, fiction, poetry, Vice-Presidents
166https://historysoa.com/items/show/166Yates, Edmund Hodgson<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Yates%2C+Edmund+Hodgson+%281831%E2%80%931894%29">Yates, Edmund Hodgson (1831–1894)</a>Edmund Yates (1831–1894); journalist and novelist.<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>Yates-Edmund-Hodgson<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30188" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30188</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=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Journalist">Journalist</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1894">1894</a>Edmund Yates (1831–1894; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); journalist and novelist. A prolific writer, he had nine plays produced (written collaboratively), light verse, nineteen novels, and articles in periodicals such as <em>Temple Bar</em>, of which he became editor. Also edited <em>Tinsley's Magazine</em> and founded <em>The World</em>.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1831">1831</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=69&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1890">1890</a>Watkins, John. Portrait of Edmund Hodgson Yates. Albumen Carte De Visite. 1860s-1870s. NPG x13298 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw130815/Edmund-Hodgson-Yates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw130815/Edmund-Hodgson-Yates</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/166/1860s-1870s-Yates-Edmund-Hodgson.jpgCouncil, criticism, drama, editing, fiction, journalism