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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
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
1https://historysoa.com/items/show/1Besant, Walter<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Besant%2C+Walter+%281836%E2%80%931901%29">Besant, Walter (1836–1901)</a>Sir Walter Besant (1836–1901); writer and campaigner for authors&#039; rights.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Person">Person</a>Besant-Walter<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=A.+%26+C.+Black">A. &amp; C. Black</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Arrowsmith">Arrowsmith</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Blackwood">Blackwood</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Chapman+%26+Hall">Chapman &amp; Hall</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Chatto+%26+Windus">Chatto &amp; Windus</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Macmillan+%26+Co.">Macmillan &amp; Co.</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Methuen">Methuen</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sampson+Low">Sampson Low</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Thomas+Burleigh">Thomas Burleigh</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Tinsley+Brothers">Tinsley Brothers</a><a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30736" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30736</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=74&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1885+%28Chairman+of+Committee+of+Management%29">1885 (Chairman of Committee of Management)</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=74&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1892+%28Chairman+of+Committee+of+Management%29">1892 (Chairman of Committee of Management)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=73&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1884+%28Chairman+of+Committee+of+Management%29">1884 (Chairman of Committee of Management)</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=73&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1888+%28Chairman+of+Committee+of+Management%29">1888 (Chairman of Committee of Management)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Chairman+%28Committee+of+Management%29">Chairman (Committee of Management)</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Chairman+%28Council%29">Chairman (Council)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Author">Author</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=79&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=M">M</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=85&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1901">1901</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=84&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1884">1884</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=71&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1883+%28Founders%27+Sub-Committee%29">1883 (Founders&#039; Sub-Committee)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1901">1901</a>Sir Walter Besant (1836–1901; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); writer and campaigner for authors' rights. One of the founding members of the Society of Authors, and the first chairman of the <a href="https://historysoa.com/exhibits/show/management-committee">Committee of Management</a> and the <a href="https://historysoa.com/exhibits/show/council">Council</a>. After his second tenure, resigned as Chairman of the Committee of Management on 17 December 1892, in an attempt to stop the Society being seen as a mouthpiece for Besant alone.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1836">1836</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=62&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1901">1901</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=62&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1901">1901</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=68&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1901">1901</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=67&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1884">1884</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=61&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1884">1884</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=61&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1884">1884</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Committee+of+Management">Committee of Management</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Council">Council</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Founders%27+Sub-Committee">Founders&#039; Sub-Committee</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1901">1901</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=69&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1884">1884</a>Barraud, Herbert Rose. Portrait of Walter Besant. <span>Carbon Print. Richard Bentley &amp; Son, 1888. </span> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walter_Besant_by_Barraud_c1880s.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walter_Besant_by_Barraud_c1880s.jpg</a>.<iframe width="100%" height="635" src="https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/index.html?source=1CGpToYotW2gSLSIuuV6pPyBEw9OhKZ2_j-GFMpUMd5M&amp;font=Default&amp;lang=en&amp;timenav_position=top&amp;initial_zoom=0&amp;height=635" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0"></iframe>https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/1/1888-Besant-Walter.jpegCommittee of Management, Council, fiction, founders, history, The Author
24https://historysoa.com/items/show/24Black, William<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Black%2C+William+%281841%E2%80%931898%29">Black, William (1841–1898)</a>William Black (1841–1898); 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>Black-William<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/2499" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/2499</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=1898">1898</a>William Black (1841–1898; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); journalist and novelist. Joined the staff of the&nbsp;<em>Morning Star&nbsp;</em>and the&nbsp;<em>Daily News</em>; wrote a weekly serial in&nbsp;<em>The Graphic </em>and acted as a war correspondent during the Austro-Prussian War. 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=1841">1841</a>Lock &amp; Whitfield. Portrait of William Black. Woodburytype. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1877. NPG Ax17520 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw121665/William-Black" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw121665/William-Black</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/24/1877-Black-William.jpgfiction, journalism, Vice-Presidents
25https://historysoa.com/items/show/25Blackmore, Richard Doddridge<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Blackmore%2C+Richard+Doddridge+%281825%E2%80%931900%29">Blackmore, Richard Doddridge (1825–1900)</a>R. D. Blackmore (1825–1900); novelist and farmer.<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>Blackmore-Richard-Doddridge<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/2529" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/2529</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=Farmer">Farmer</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=1900">1900</a>R. D. Blackmore (1825–1900; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); novelist and farmer. <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=1825">1825</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>Jenkins, Frederick John. Portrait of Richard Doddridge Blackmore. Heliogravure. Sampson Low, Marston &amp; Co., after 1885. NPG x7343 <span>© National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw183685/Richard-Doddridge-Blackmore" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw183685/Richard-Doddridge-Blackmore</a>.</span>https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/25/1885-Blackmore-Richard-Doddridge.jpgagriculture, Council, fiction, Vice-Presidents
99https://historysoa.com/items/show/99Bland, Edith Nesbit<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Bland%2C+Edith+Nesbit+%281858%E2%80%931924%29">Bland, Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)</a>Edith Nesbit (1858–1924); 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>Bland-Edith-Nesbit<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/31919" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/31919</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Nesbit%2C+E.">Nesbit, E.</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Bland%2C+Fabian">Bland, Fabian</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=1924">1924</a>Edith Nesbit (1858–1924); writer. A prolific writer of children&#039;s stories and poems.<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=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>White, Thomas. Portrait of E. Nesbit. Bromide Print. 1892. NPG x127024 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw85894/E-Nesbit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw85894/E-Nesbit</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/99/1892-Nesbit-Edith.jpgCommittee of Management, Council, fiction, poetry
125https://historysoa.com/items/show/125Caine, Thomas Henry Hall<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Caine%2C+Thomas+Henry+Hall+%281853%E2%80%931931%29">Caine, Thomas Henry Hall (1853–1931)</a>Sir (Thomas Henry) Hall Caine (1853–1931); 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>Caine-Thomas-Henry-Hall<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32237" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32237</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=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=1931">1931</a>Sir (Thomas Henry) Hall Caine (1853–1931; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); novelist. Wrote fifteen novels on adultery, divorce, domestic violence, illegitimacy, infanticide and women's rights. Most highly paid novelist of his day. <span class="work"><em>The Christian</em></span><span> (1897) was the first novel in Britain to sell 1 million copies. Joined the Society of Authors in 1891.</span><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1853">1853</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=67&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Council">Council</a>Bassano Ltd. Portrait of Sir (Thomas Henry) Hall Caine. Whole-Plate Glass Negative. 1911. NPG x16756 <span>© National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw137025/Sir-Thomas-Henry-Hall-Caine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw137025/Sir-Thomas-Henry-Hall-Caine</a>.</span>https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/125/1911-Caine-Thomas-Henry-Hall.jpgCouncil, fiction
78https://historysoa.com/items/show/78Carr, Joseph William Comyns<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Carr%2C+Joseph+William+Comyns+%281849%E2%80%931916%29">Carr, Joseph William Comyns (1849–1916)</a>J. Comyns Carr (1849–1916); author, gallery director 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>Carr-Joseph-William-Comyns<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/46761" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/46761</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=Gallery+Director">Gallery 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=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=1916">1916</a>J. Comyns Carr (1849–1916; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); author, gallery director and theatre manager. Advocate of Pre-Raphaelite art, writing criticism of the art establishment. Became editor of <em>L'Art</em> in 1875, founded <em>Art and Letters</em> (1881–1883), and was editor of the <em>English Illustrated Magazine</em> (1883–1886). Published several books of his journalism.<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=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>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Articles+of+Association+Sub-Committee">Articles of Association Sub-Committee</a>London Stereoscopic &amp; Photographic Company. Portrait of Joseph William Comyns Carr. Albumen Cabinet Card. 1900s. NPG x5674 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw178528/Joseph-William-Comyns-Carr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw178528/Joseph-William-Comyns-Carr</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/78/1900s-Carr-Joseph-William-Comyns.jpgCommittee of Management, Council, criticism, editing, fiction, journalism
79https://historysoa.com/items/show/79Castle, Egerton<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Castle%2C+Egerton+%281858%E2%80%931920%29">Castle, Egerton (1858–1920)</a>Egerton Castle (1858–1920); author, antiquarian and champion fencer.<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>Castle-Egerton<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Antiquarian">Antiquarian</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=1920">1920</a>Egerton Castle (1858–1920; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); author, antiquarian and champion fencer.<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=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, Ernest Clarence. Portrait of Egerton Castle. Collotype. Elliot &amp; Fry, 1904. NPG x5709 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw178555/Egerton-Castle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw178555/Egerton-Castle</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/79/1904-Castle-Egerton.jpgCommittee of Management, Council, fiction
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
131https://historysoa.com/items/show/131Cuffe, William Ulick O&#039;Connor<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Cuffe%2C+William+Ulick+O%27Connor+%281845%E2%80%931898%29">Cuffe, William Ulick O&#039;Connor (1845–1898)</a>William Ulick O&#039;Connor Cuffe, 4th Earl of Desart (1845–1898); 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>Cuffe-William-Ulick-OConnor<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=1898">1898</a>William Ulick O&#039;Connor Cuffe, 4th Earl of Desart (1845–1898); author. Wrote fifteen novels, the most successful of which were mystery thrillers.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1845">1845</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>Mayall, Edwin. Portrait of William Ulick O'Connor Cuffe, 4th Earl of Desart. Woodburytype. 1870s-1880s. NPG x134744 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp120598/william-ulick-oconnor-cuffe-4th-earl-of-desart" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp120598/william-ulick-oconnor-cuffe-4th-earl-of-desart</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/131/1870-1880-Cuffe-William-Ulick-OConnor.jpgCouncil, fiction
83https://historysoa.com/items/show/83Dobson, Henry Austin<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dobson%2C+Henry+Austin+%281840%E2%80%931921%29">Dobson, Henry Austin (1840–1921)</a>(Henry) Austin Dobson (1840–1921); poet and 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>Dobson-Henry-Austin<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32845" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32845</a><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=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=1921">1921</a>(Henry) Austin Dobson (1840–1921; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); poet and author. Published poetry in periodicals including <em>Temple Bar</em> and <em>St Paul's</em>, and several volumes of verse. Also published <em>The Civil Service Handbook of English Literature</em> (1874), and several works of biography and criticism.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1840">1840</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>Barraud, Herbert Rose. Portrait of Austin Dobson. Carbon Print. Eglington &amp; Co., 1891. NPG Ax5544 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw121363/Henry-Austin-Dobson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw121363/Henry-Austin-Dobson</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/83/1891-Dobson-Henry-Austin.jpgcivil service, Committee of Management, Council, criticism, fiction, journalism, life writing, poetry
84https://historysoa.com/items/show/84Doyle, Arthur Ignatius Conan<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Doyle%2C+Arthur+Ignatius+Conan+%281859%E2%80%931930%29">Doyle, Arthur Ignatius Conan (1859–1930)</a>Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930); 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>Doyle-Arthur-Conan<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32887" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32887</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=1890">1890</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>Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); writer. First published story, 'The Mystery of Sasassa Valley', published in <em>Chambers's Edinburgh Journal</em> in 1879. Published many short stories and novels; most famous for the Sherlock Holmes stories, beginning with <em>A Study in Scarlet</em> (1886). Also published non-fiction in the <em>British Medical Journal</em>. Joined the Society of Authors in 1890.<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=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><p>Barraud, Herbert Rose. Portrait of Arthur Conan Doyle. Carbon Print. Eglington &amp; Co., 1893. NPG Ax27656 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw121530/Arthur-Conan-Doyle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw121530/Arthur-Conan-Doyle</a>.</p>https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/84/1893-Doyle-Arthur-Conan.jpgCommittee of Management, Council, fiction, journalism, medicine, science
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
228https://historysoa.com/items/show/228Farrar, Frederic William<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Farrar%2C+Frederic+William+%281831%E2%80%931903%29">Farrar, Frederic William (1831–1903)</a>Frederic William Farrar (1831–1903); dean of Canterbury, novelist and philologist.<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>Farrar-Frederic-William<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33088" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33088</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=Dean">Dean</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Philologist">Philologist</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=1903">1903</a>Frederic William Farrar (1831–1903; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); dean of Canterbury, novelist and philologist. Published religious and historical works; also wrote several novels (primarily school stories). <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=1831">1831</a>Bassano, Alexander. Portrait of Frederic William Farrar. Half-Plate Glass Negative. 1883. NPG x127645 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw111778/Frederic-William-Farrar" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw111778/Frederic-William-Farrar</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/228/1883-Farrar-Frederic-William.jpgfiction, history, languages, theology, Vice-Presidents
188https://historysoa.com/items/show/188Garvice, Charles Andrew<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Garvice%2C+Charles+Andrew+%281850%E2%80%931920%29">Garvice, Charles Andrew (1850–1920)</a>Charles Andrew Garvice (1850–1920); 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>Garvice-Charles-Andrew<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/38692" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/38692</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Hart%2C+Caroline">Hart, Caroline</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=71&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1909+%28Price+of+Novels%29">1909 (Price of Novels)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1920">1920</a>Charles Andrew Garvice (1850–1920; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); writer. Authored over 150 romance novels.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1850">1850</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=Price+of+Novels+Sub-Committee">Price of Novels Sub-Committee</a>Portrait of Charles Andrew Garvice. Photograph. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Garvice#/media/File:Charles_Garvice.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Garvice#/media/File:Charles_Garvice.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/188/Garvice-Charles-Andrew.jpegCommittee of Management, Council, fiction
88https://historysoa.com/items/show/88Haggard, Henry Rider<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Haggard%2C+Henry+Rider+%281856%E2%80%931925%29">Haggard, Henry Rider (1856–1925)</a>Sir (Henry) Rider Haggard (1856–1925); 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>Haggard-Henry-Rider<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33632" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33632</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=74&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1898+%28Chairman+of+Committee+of+Management%29">1898 (Chairman of Committee of Management)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=73&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1896+%28Chairman+of+Committee+of+Management%29">1896 (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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1925">1925</a>Sir (Henry) Rider Haggard (1856–1925; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); novelist. Primarily wrote adventure fiction set in Africa.<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=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>Beresford, George Charles. Portrait of Sir (Henry) Rider Haggard. Half-Plate Glass Negative. 1902. NPG x6513 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw56917/Sir-Henry-Rider-Haggard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw56917/Sir-Henry-Rider-Haggard</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/88/1902-Haggard-Henry-Rider.jpgCommittee of Management, Council, fiction
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
19https://historysoa.com/items/show/19Hardy, Thomas<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Hardy%2C+Thomas+%281840%E2%80%931928%29">Hardy, Thomas (1840–1928)</a>Thomas Hardy (1840–1928); novelist and 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>Hardy-Thomas<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33708" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33708</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=74&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1928+%28President%29">1928 (President)</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+%28President%29">1909 (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=President">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=1928">1928</a>Thomas Hardy (1840–1928; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); novelist and poet. Third President of the Society of Authors. Joined the <a href="https://historysoa.com/exhibits/show/council">Council</a> in October 1889, having been nominated after the death of <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Collins-William-Wilkie">Wilkie Collins</a>.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1840">1840</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=1889">1889</a>Portrait of Thomas Hardy. Photograph. 1910s. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hardy#/media/File:Thomashardy_restored.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hardy#/media/File:Thomashardy_restored.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/19/1910s-Hardy-Thomas.jpegCouncil, fiction, poetry, Presidents
138https://historysoa.com/items/show/138Harrison, Mary St Leger Kingsley<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Harrison%2C+Mary+St+Leger+Kingsley+%281852%E2%80%931931%29">Harrison, Mary St Leger Kingsley (1852–1931)</a>Mary St Leger Kingsley Harrison (1852–1931); novelist (as Lucas Malet).<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>Harrison-Mary-St-Leger-Kingsley<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33735" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33735</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Malet%2C+Lucas">Malet, Lucas</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=1931">1931</a>Mary St Leger Kingsley Harrison (1852–1931; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); novelist (as Lucas Malet).<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=+1852"> 1852</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>Portrait of Lucas Malet. Albumen Print. c. 1894. NPG P1700(3d) © National Portrait Gallery, London.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/138/1894-Malet-Lucas.jpgCouncil, 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
90https://historysoa.com/items/show/90Hewlett, Maurice Henry<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Hewlett%2C+Maurice+Henry+%281861%E2%80%931923%29">Hewlett, Maurice Henry (1861–1923)</a>Maurice Hewlett (1861–1923); novelist and 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>Hewlett-Maurice-Henry<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33849" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33849</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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1923">1923</a>Maurice Hewlett (1861–1923; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); novelist and poet. A prolific author, his published works include historical fiction, romance, Regency novels and poetry.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1861">1861</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>Beresford, George Henry. Portrait of Maurice Henry Hewlett. Sepia-Toned Platinotype. 1904. NPG x18456 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw19713/Maurice-Henry-Hewlett" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw19713/Maurice-Henry-Hewlett</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/90/1904-Hewlett-Maurice-Henry.jpgCommittee of Management, Council, fiction, poetry
171https://historysoa.com/items/show/171Hinkson, Henry Albert<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Hinkson%2C+Henry+Albert+%281865%E2%80%931919%29">Hinkson, Henry Albert (1865–1919)</a>H. A. Hinkson (1865–1919); writer and barrister.<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>Hinkson-Henry-Albert<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=Barrister">Barrister</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=1919">1919</a>H. A. Hinkson (1865<span>–</span>1919); writer and barrister. Married to the author Katharine Tynan. Published works on copyright law, as well as verse and fiction.<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=Copyright+Sub-Committee">Copyright Sub-Committee</a>Hinkson, H. A. <em>O'Grady of Trinity: A Story of Irish University Life</em>. London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1896. <a href="https://archive.org/details/ogradyoftrinitys00hink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://archive.org/details/ogradyoftrinitys00hink</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/171/1896-Hinkson-Henry-Albert.pngcopyright, fiction, law, poetry
91https://historysoa.com/items/show/91Hornung, Ernest William<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Hornung%2C+Ernest+William+%281866%E2%80%931921%29">Hornung, Ernest William (1866–1921)</a>E. W. Hornung (1866–1921); 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>Hornung-Ernest-William<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/37572" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/37572</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=1890">1890</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=71&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1909+%28Price+of+Novels+Sub-Committee%29">1909 (Price of Novels 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=1921">1921</a>E. W. Hornung (1866–1921; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); writer. Best known for a series of short stories about A. J. Raffles, a gentleman thief. Joined the Society of Authors in 1890.<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=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=Price+of+Novels+Sub-Committee">Price of Novels Sub-Committee</a>Elliott &amp; Fry. Portrait of E. W. Hornung. Photograph. <em>Illustrated London News </em>(1921): p. 431. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_E._W._Hornung#/media/File:E-w-hornung.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_E._W._Hornung#/media/File:E-w-hornung.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/91/1921-Hornung-E-W.jpegCommittee of Management, Council, fiction
41https://historysoa.com/items/show/41Hughes, Thomas<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Hughes%2C+Thomas+%281822%E2%80%931896%29">Hughes, Thomas (1822–1896)</a>Thomas Hughes (1822–1896); social reformer and children&#039;s 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>Hughes-Thomas<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/14091" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/14091</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=Judge">Judge</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Lawyer">Lawyer</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=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Social+Reformer">Social Reformer</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=1896">1896</a>Thomas Hughes (1822–1896; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); social reformer and children's writer. Best known for&nbsp;<em>Tom Brown's School Days</em> (1857), a semi-autobiographical&nbsp; novel set at Rugby School, which Hughes had attended. <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=1822">1822</a>Webster, Watmough. 'Our Portrait Gallery: His Honour Judge Hughes.' Photograph. <em>The Law Gazette</em> supplement (26 Aug. 1893). <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hughes#/media/File:ThomasHughesInLawGazette.jpg." target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hughes#/media/File:ThomasHughesInLawGazette.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/41/1893-Hughes-Thomas.jpegfiction, law, politics, Vice-Presidents
92https://historysoa.com/items/show/92Jacobs, William Wymark<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Jacobs%2C+William+Wymark+%281863%E2%80%931943%29">Jacobs, William Wymark (1863–1943)</a>W. W. Jacobs (1863–1943); 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>Jacobs-William-Wymark<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34145" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34145</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=71&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1909+%28Price+of+Novels+Sub-Committee%29">1909 (Price of Novels 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=1943">1943</a>W. W. Jacobs (1863–1943; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); writer. Wrote eighteen plays (some in collaboration), and published twelve short story collections.<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=Price+of+Novels+Sub-Committee">Price of Novels Sub-Committee</a>Stoneman, Walter. Portrait of William Wymark Jacobs. Bromide Print. James Russell &amp; Sons, c. 1916. NPG Ax39146 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw93831/William-Wymark-Jacobs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw93831/William-Wymark-Jacobs</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/92/1916-Jacobs-William-Wymark.jpgCommittee of Management, Council, fiction
140https://historysoa.com/items/show/140James, Henry<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=James%2C+Henry+%281843%E2%80%931916%29">James, Henry (1843–1916)</a>Henry James (1843–1916); 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>James-Henry<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34150" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34150</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=1888">1888</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1916">1916</a>Henry James (1843–1916; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); writer. Published 112 short stories as well as critical volumes and novels. Joined the Society of Authors in 1888.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1843">1843</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 Henry James. Albumen Cabinet Card. 1884. NPG x126742 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw80534/Henry-James" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw80534/Henry-James</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/140/1884-James-Henry.jpgCouncil, criticism, fiction
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
143https://historysoa.com/items/show/143Kipling, Joseph Rudyard<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Kipling%2C+%28Joseph%29+Rudyard+%281865%E2%80%931936%29">Kipling, (Joseph) Rudyard (1865–1936)</a>Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936); writer and 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>Kipling-Joseph-Rudyard<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34334" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34334</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=1890">1890</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>Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); writer and poet. Published satirical verse about official life in India. Worked as a journalist in Lahore before coming to England in 1889 to develop his literary career. In England, he published three novels, four volumes of poetry, twelve volumes of short stories, four books of essays and sketches, and other uncollected writing. Joined the Society of Authors in 1890; appointed to the <a href="https://historysoa.com/exhibits/show/council">Council</a> in 1892.<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=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=1892">1892</a>Hart, Francis Henry. Portrait of Rudyard Kipling. Albumen Print. Elliott &amp; Fry, 1893. NPG P1700(40a) © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw234452/Rudyard-Kipling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw234452/Rudyard-Kipling</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/143/1893-Kipling-Rudyard.jpgCouncil, criticism, fiction, India, journalism, poetry
146https://historysoa.com/items/show/146Linton, Elizabeth Lynn<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Linton%2C+Elizabeth+Lynn+%281822%E2%80%931898%29">Linton, Elizabeth Lynn (1822–1898)</a>Eliza Lynn Linton (1822–1898); 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>Linton-Elizabeth-Lynn<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/16742" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/16742</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=1898">1898</a>Eliza Lynn Linton (1822–1898; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); writer. The first woman journalist in England to draw a fixed salary, joining the staff of the <em>Morning Chronicle</em> in 1848; later wrote for the <em>Saturday Review</em>. Published several novels and wrote for periodicals including <em>Household Words</em>.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1822">1822</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>Downey, W. &amp; D. Portrait of Eliza Lynn Linton. Woodburytype. 1890. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza_Lynn_Linton#/media/File:Eliza_Lynn_Linton_by_Downey.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza_Lynn_Linton#/media/File:Eliza_Lynn_Linton_by_Downey.png</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/146/1890-Linton-Eliza-Lynn.pngCouncil, fiction, journalism
194https://historysoa.com/items/show/194Little, James Stanley<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Little%2C+James+Stanley+%281856%E2%80%931940%29">Little, James Stanley (1856–1940)</a>James Stanley Little (1856–1940); author and editor.<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>Little-James-Stanley<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=74&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1889+%28Executive+Secretary%29">1889 (Executive Secretary)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=73&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1887+%28Executive+Secretary%29">1887 (Executive Secretary)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Executive+Secretary+%28Society+of+Authors%29">Executive Secretary (Society of Authors)</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=Editor">Editor</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=1940">1940</a>James Stanley Little (1856–1940); author and editor. Executive Secretary of the Society of Authors from June 1887–January 1889 (alongside <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Ross-Alexander-Galt">Alexander Galt Ross</a>, Honorary Secretary). Succeeded by <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Sprigge-Samuel-Squire">Samuel Squire Sprigge</a>. Published several novels, and works on the British Empire.<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>Little, James Stanley. <em>South Africa: A Sketch Book of Men, Manners and Facts</em>. London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey &amp; Co., 1887. <a href="https://archive.org/details/southafricaaske00littgoog" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://archive.org/details/southafricaaske00littgoog</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/194/1887-Little-James-Stanley.pngediting, fiction
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
76https://historysoa.com/items/show/76Lowndes, Marie Adelaide Elizabeth Renée Julia Belloc<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Lowndes%2C+Marie+Adelaide+Elizabeth+Ren%C3%A9e+Julia+Belloc+%281868%E2%80%931947%29">Lowndes, Marie Adelaide Elizabeth Renée Julia Belloc (1868–1947)</a>Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868–1947); 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>Lowndes-Marie-Adelaide-Elizabeth-Renee-Julia-Belloc<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/39089" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/39089</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Curtin%2C+Philip">Curtin, Philip</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Lowndes%2C+Marie+Belloc">Lowndes, Marie Belloc</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Rayner%2C+Elizabeth">Rayner, Elizabeth</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=71&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1909+%28Price+of+Novels+Sub-Committee%29">1909 (Price of Novels 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=1947">1947</a>Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868–1947; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); author. Published more than seventy books including biographies, romances and crime novels.<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=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=Price+of+Novels+Sub-Committee">Price of Novels Sub-Committee</a>Portrait of Marie Belloc Lowndes. Photograph. <em>The Bookman: A Magazine of Literature and Life</em> (November, 1916): p. 234. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Belloc_Lowndes#/media/File:Photo_of_Marie_Adelaide_Belloc_Lowndes.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Belloc_Lowndes#/media/File:Photo_of_Marie_Adelaide_Belloc_Lowndes.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/76/1916-Lowndes-Marie-Belloc.jpegCommittee of Management, Council, fiction, life writing
156https://historysoa.com/items/show/156Lugard, Flora Louise Shaw<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Lugard%2C+Flora+Louise+Shaw+%281852%E2%80%931929%29">Lugard, Flora Louise Shaw (1852–1929)</a>Flora L. Shaw, Lady Lugard (1852–1929); journalist and 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>Lugard-Flora-Louise-Shaw<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/38618" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/38618</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=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=1929">1929</a>Flora L. Shaw, Lady Lugard (1852–1929; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); journalist and author. Published travel writing and several novels, including novels for children; also wrote for periodicals including the <em>Pall Mall Gazette</em>, the <em>Manchester Guardian</em> and <em>The Times</em>. As<span>&nbsp;colonial editor of&nbsp;</span><i>The Times</i><span>, she was the highest paid woman journalist of her day.</span><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1852">1852</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 Lady Lugard. Half-Plate Glass Negative. 1908. NPG x6539 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw71019/Flora-ne-Shaw-Lady-Lugard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw71019/Flora-ne-Shaw-Lady-Lugard</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/156/1908-Shaw-Flora-Louise.jpgCouncil, fiction, journalism, travel writing
202https://historysoa.com/items/show/202Mackay, Mary<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Mackay%2C+Mary+%281855%E2%80%931924%29">Mackay, Mary (1855–1924)</a>Mary Mackay (1855–1924); novelist (as Marie Corelli).<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>Mackay-Mary<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34742" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34742</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Corelli%2C+Marie">Corelli, Marie</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=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=1924">1924</a>Mary Mackay (1855–1924; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); novelist (as Marie Corelli). A prolific writer of novels and short stories; also wrote for periodicals including <em>Temple Bar</em>, the <em>Ladies' Home Journal</em>, <em>Good Housekeeping</em> and <em>Harper's Bazaar</em>. Joined the Society of Authors in 1892.<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>Gabell, G. Portrait of Mary Mackay. Photogravure. 1906. NPG x6820 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw179455/Mary-Mackay-Marie-Corelli" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw179455/Mary-Mackay-Marie-Corelli</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/202/1906-Mackay-Marie.jpgCouncil, fiction, journalism
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
123https://historysoa.com/items/show/123Maxwell, Mary Elizabeth Braddon<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Maxwell%2C+Mary+Elizabeth+Braddon+%281835%E2%80%931915%29">Maxwell, Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835–1915)</a>Mary Elizabeth Braddon Maxwell (1835–1915); 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>Maxwell-Mary-Elizabeth-Braddon<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34962" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34962</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=1915">1915</a>Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835–1915; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); novelist. A prolific writer of short stories, poetry and novels in journals including <em>Welcome Guest</em>, the <em>Halfpenny Marvel</em>, <em>Robin Goodfellow</em> and the <em>Sixpenny Magazine</em>.<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>United Association of Photography Limited. Portrait of Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Wothlytype Carte De Visite. 1865. NPG x197074 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw248504/Mary-Elizabeth-Braddon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw248504/Mary-Elizabeth-Braddon</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/123/1865-Braddon-Mary-Elizabeth.jpgCouncil, fiction, poetry
147https://historysoa.com/items/show/147McCarthy, Justin<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+%281830%E2%80%931912%29">McCarthy, Justin (1830–1912)</a>Justin McCarthy (1830–1912); politician and 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>McCarthy-Justin<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34681" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34681</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=84&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1890">1890</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1912">1912</a>Justin McCarthy (1830–1912; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); politician and writer. Authored or co-authored more than fifty novels in addition to historical works. Joined the Society of Authors in 1890.<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>Barraud, Herbert Rose. Portrait of Justin McCarthy. Carbon Print. Eglington &amp; Co., 1891. NPG Ax5542 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw121361/Justin-McCarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw121361/Justin-McCarthy</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/147/1891-McCarthy-Justin.jpgCouncil, fiction, history, politics
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
18https://historysoa.com/items/show/18Meredith, George<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Meredith%2C+George+%281828%E2%80%931909%29">Meredith, George (1828–1909)</a>George Meredith (1828–1909); novelist and 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>Meredith-George<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34991" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34991</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=74&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1909+%28President%29">1909 (President)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=73&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1892+%28President%29">1892 (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=President">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=1909">1909</a>George Meredith (1828–1909; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); novelist and poet. Second 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><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. Portrait of George Meredith. Platinum Print. 1886. NPG x1502 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw161596/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw161596</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/18/1886-Meredith-George.jpgCouncil, fiction, poetry, Presidents
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
52https://historysoa.com/items/show/52Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant Wilson<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Oliphant%2C+Margaret+Oliphant+Wilson+%281828%E2%80%931897%29">Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant Wilson (1828–1897)</a>Margaret Oliphant (1828–1897); novelist and biographer.<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>Oliphant-Margaret-Oliphant-Wilson<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/20712" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/20712</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=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=1897">1897</a>Margaret Oliphant (1828–1897; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); novelist and biographer. Published<span> more than 120 works, including novels, travel writing, biographies and literary criticism. 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=1828">1828</a>Hills &amp; Saunders. Portrait of Margaret Oliphant. Photograph. Reproduced in <em>Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature.</em> New Edition. London: W. &amp; R. Chambers, Ltd., 1903. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Oliphant#/media/File:Picture_of_Margaret_Oliphant.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Oliphant#/media/File:Picture_of_Margaret_Oliphant.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/52/1903-Oliphant-Margaret.jpegcriticism, fiction, journalism, life writing, travel writing, Vice-Presidents
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
54https://historysoa.com/items/show/54Payn, James<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Payn%2C+James+%281830%E2%80%931898%29">Payn, James (1830–1898)</a>James Payn (1830–1898); novelist and journal editor.<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>Payn-James<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/21640" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/21640</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=Editor">Editor</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=1898">1898</a>Payn, James (1830–1898; <em>Oxford DNB</em>), novelist and journal editor. Editor of <em>Chambers's Journal</em> from 1859–1874 and <em>Cornhill Magazine</em> from 1883–1896; also published fiction and criticism in various periodicals. 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=1830">1830</a>Downey, W. &amp; D. Portrait of James Payn. Carbon Print on Card Mount. Cassell &amp; Company, Ltd.,1890. <a href="Picture%20of James Payn, by W. &amp; D. Downey, published by Cassell &amp; Company, Ltd, carbon print on card mount, 1890. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Payn#/media/File:Picture_of_James_Payn.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Payn#/media/File:Picture_of_James_Payn.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/54/1890-Payn-James.jpegcriticism, editing, fiction, journalism, Vice-Presidents
221https://historysoa.com/items/show/221Rae, William Fraser<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Rae%2C+William+Fraser+%281835%E2%80%931905%29">Rae, William Fraser (1835–1905)</a>William Fraser Rae (1835–1905); 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>Rae-William-Fraser<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/35648" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/35648</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=1905">1905</a>William Fraser Rae (1835–1905; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); author. Published travel writing, fiction and political history, and wrote articles for the <em>Dictionary of National Biography</em>. Also wrote for publications including <em>The Athenaeum</em>, the&nbsp;<em>Daily News</em> and&nbsp;<em>The Times</em>; editor of&nbsp;<em>The Reader</em>.<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=Copyright+Sub-Committee">Copyright Sub-Committee</a>Rae, William Fraser. <em>A Modern Brigand</em>. London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1888. <a href="https://archive.org/details/amodernbrigand00raegoog" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://archive.org/details/amodernbrigand00raegoog</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/221/1888-Rae-William-Fraser.pngcopyright, editing, fiction, history, life writing, politics, travel writing
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
59https://historysoa.com/items/show/59Sala, George Augustus<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sala%2C+George+Augustus+%281828%E2%80%931895%29">Sala, George Augustus (1828–1895)</a>George Augustus Sala (1828–1895); 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>Sala-George-Augustus<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/24526" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/24526</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=G.+A.+S.">G. A. S.</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=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=1895">1895</a>George Augustus Sala (1828–1895; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); journalist. Novelist, foreign correspondent and leader writer, publishing in periodicals and newspapers including <em>Household Words</em>,&nbsp;<em>All The Year Round</em>, the <em>Illustrated London News</em> and the&nbsp;<em>Daily Telegraph.</em> 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><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><p class="title">Imperial Photographic Co. Portrait of George Augustus Sala. Albumen Cabinet Card. 1880s. NPG x38837 <span>© National Portrait Gallery, London. </span><a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw127267/George-Augustus-Sala" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw127267/George-Augustus-Sala</a>.</p>https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/59/1880s-Sala-George-Augustus.jpgCouncil, criticism, fiction, journalism, Vice-Presidents
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
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
65https://historysoa.com/items/show/65Thompson, Henry<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Thompson%2C+Henry+%281820%E2%80%931904%29">Thompson, Henry (1820–1904)</a>Sir Henry Thompson, first baronet (1820–1904); surgeon.<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>Thompson-Henry<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/36490" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/36490</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Oliver%2C+Pen">Oliver, Pen</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=Surgeon">Surgeon</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>Sir Henry Thompson, first baronet (1820–1904; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); surgeon. Published primarily on urology, his medical specialty; also published two novels under the pseudonym Pen Oliver, <em>Charley Kingston's Aunt</em> (1885) and <em>All But</em> (1886). 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=1820">1820</a>Lock &amp; Whitfield. Portrait of Sir Henry Thompson. Woodburytype. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1882. NPG Ax17659 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw120773/Sir-Henry-Thompson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw120773/Sir-Henry-Thompson</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/65/1882-Thompson-Henry.jpgfiction, medicine, science, Vice-Presidents
187https://historysoa.com/items/show/187Tweedie, Ethel Brilliana Harley<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Tweedie%2C+Ethel+Brilliana+Harley+%281862%E2%80%931940%29">Tweedie, Ethel Brilliana Harley (1862–1940)</a>Ethel Brilliana Harley Tweedie (1862–1940); travel writer (as Mrs Alec Tweedie).<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>Tweedie-Ethel-Brilliana-Harley<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/45559" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/45559</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Tweedie%2C+Mrs+Alec">Tweedie, Mrs Alec</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=1940">1940</a>Ethel Brilliana Harley Tweedie (1862–1940; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); travel writer (as Mrs Alec Tweedie). Published extensively on her travels abroad; also wrote novels.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1862">1862</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>Lombardi &amp; Co. Portrait of Ethel Brilliana Harley Tweedie. Reproduced in Tweedie, Mrs Alec. <em>Thirteen Years of a Busy Woman's Life.</em> New York: John Lane Co., 1912. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Brilliana_Tweedie#/media/File:Mrs_Alec_Tweedie_002.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Brilliana_Tweedie#/media/File:Mrs_Alec_Tweedie_002.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/187/1912-Tweedie-Ethel-Brilliana-Harley.jpegfiction, journalism, pensions, travel writing
163https://historysoa.com/items/show/163Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Ward%2C+Mary+Augusta+Arnold+%281851%E2%80%931920%29">Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold (1851–1920)</a>Mary Augusta Ward (1851–1920); philanthropist, political lobbyist and novelist (as Mrs Humphry Ward).<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>Ward-Mary-Augusta-Arnold<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/36736" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/36736</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Ward%2C+Mrs+Humphry">Ward, Mrs Humphry</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=Philanthropist">Philanthropist</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=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=1920">1920</a>Mary Augusta Ward (1851–1920; <em>Oxford DNB</em>);&nbsp;philanthropist, political lobbyist and novelist (as Mrs Humphry Ward). A prolific writer, she published novels, lectures, political writing, and articles for periodicals including <em>Macmillan's Magazine</em> and <em>The Nineteenth Century</em>. 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=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=Pension+Fund+Committee">Pension Fund Committee</a>Downey, W. &amp; D. Portrait of Mary Augusta Ward. Carbon Print. 1890. NPG x27266 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw196757/Mary-Augusta-Ward-ne-Arnold" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw196757/Mary-Augusta-Ward-ne-Arnold</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/163/1890-Ward-Mary-Augusta-Arnold.jpgCouncil, criticism, fiction, journalism, pensions, politics
164https://historysoa.com/items/show/164Wells, Herbert George<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Wells%2C+Herbert+George+%281866%E2%80%931946%29">Wells, Herbert George (1866–1946)</a>H. G. Wells (1866–1946); novelist and social commentator.<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>Wells-Herbert-George<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/36831" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/36831</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=1895">1895</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>H. G. Wells (1866–1946; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); novelist and social commentator. Wrote fiction and drama reviews for the <em>Saturday Review</em> and the <em>Pall Mall Gazette</em>. Became a member of the Society of Authors in 1895.<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>Elliott &amp; Fry. Portrait of H. G. Wells. Sepia Halftone Reproduction of a Photograph. 1901. NPG x45778 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw69920/HG-Wells" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw69920/HG-Wells</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/164/1901-Wells-Herbert-George.jpgCouncil, criticism, fiction, journalism
110https://historysoa.com/items/show/110White, Percy<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=White%2C+Percy+%281852%E2%80%931938%29">White, Percy (1852–1938)</a>Percy White (1852–1938); journalist and 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>White-Percy<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=1938">1938</a>Percy White (1852–1938); journalist and author. Edited <em>Public Opinion</em> and the <em>Evening News</em>. Novels include <em>Mr Bailey-Martin </em>(1894)<em>&nbsp;</em>and <em>The West End </em>(1900).<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1852">1852</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>White, Percy. <em>Corruption: A Novel.</em> D. Appleton and Co., 1895. <a href="https://archive.org/details/corruptionnovel00whit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://archive.org/details/corruptionnovel00whit</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/110/1895-White-Percy.pngCommittee of Management, Council, editing, fiction, journalism
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
71https://historysoa.com/items/show/71Yonge, Charlotte Mary<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Yonge%2C+Charlotte+Mary+%281823%E2%80%931901%29">Yonge, Charlotte Mary (1823–1901)</a>Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823–1901); 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>Yonge-Charlotte-Mary<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/37065" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/37065</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=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=1901">1901</a>Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823–1901; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); novelist. 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=1823">1823</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=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1901">1901</a>Bassano, Alexander. Portrait of Charlotte Mary Yonge. Albumen Carte De Visite. 1880s. NPG x135622 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw214220/Charlotte-Mary-Yonge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw214220/Charlotte-Mary-Yonge</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/71/1880s-Yonge-Charlotte-Mary.jpgCouncil, fiction, Vice-Presidents
174https://historysoa.com/items/show/174Yoxall, James Henry<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Yoxall%2C+James+Henry+%281857%E2%80%931925%29">Yoxall, James Henry (1857–1925)</a>Sir James Henry Yoxall (1857–1925); educationist.<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>Yoxall-James-Henry<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/37085" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/37085</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Educationist">Educationist</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=1925">1925</a>Sir James Henry Yoxall (1857–1925; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); educationist. Edited <em>The Schoolmaster</em>, the weekly journal of the National Union of Teachers; also published textbooks and 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=1857">1857</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>Stone, Benjamin. Portrait of Sir James Henry Yoxall. Platinum Print. 1901. NPG x35576 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw133382/Sir-James-Henry-Yoxall" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw133382/Sir-James-Henry-Yoxall</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/174/1901-Yoxall-James-Henry.jpgcopyright, editing, education, fiction