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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
6https://historysoa.com/items/show/6Burke, Ulick Ralph<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Burke%2C+Ulick+Ralph+%281845%E2%80%931895%29">Burke, Ulick Ralph (1845–1895)</a>Ulick Ralph Burke (1845–1895); barrister, Spanish scholar 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>Burke-Ulick-Ralph<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Basil+Montagu+Pickering">Basil Montagu Pickering</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=+E.+and+F.+Spon"> E. and F. Spon</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Field+%26+Tuer">Field &amp; Tuer</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=John+Murray">John Murray</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Longmans%2C+Green%2C+%26+Co.">Longmans, Green, &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=Remington+%26+Co.">Remington &amp; Co.</a><a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/4029" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/4029</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Spanish+Scholar">Spanish Scholar</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=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=1895">1895</a>Ulick Ralph Burke (1845–1895; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); Spanish scholar and translator. Works include <span><em>Sancho Panza's Proverbs </em>(1872), reissued in 1877 and 1892. One of the founding members 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=1845">1845</a>Burke, Ulick Ralph. <em>A History of Spain: From the Earliest Times to the Death of Ferdinand the Catholic.</em> 2 vols. London: Longmans, Green, &amp; Co., 1895. <a href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SKk2AAAAMAAJ&amp;" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SKk2AAAAMAAJ&amp;</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/6/1895-Burke-Ulick-Ralph-A-History-of-Spain.jpgfounders, languages, translation
7https://historysoa.com/items/show/7Hake, Alfred Egmont<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Hake%2C+Alfred+Egmont+%281849%E2%80%931916%29">Hake, Alfred Egmont (1849–1916)</a>Alfred Egmont Hake (1849–1916); author and social philosopher.<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>Hake-Alfred-Egmont<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Archibald+Constable+%26+Co.">Archibald Constable &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=C.+Kegan+Paul+%26+Co.">C. Kegan Paul &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=Remington+%26+Co.">Remington &amp; Co.</a><a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/75599" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/75599</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=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=1916">1916</a>Alfred Egmont Hake (1849<span>–</span>1916; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); author and social philosopher. Author of a popular biography of Major-General Charles George Gordon (<em>The Story of Chinese Gordon</em>, 1884). One of the founding members 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=1849">1849</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Committee+of+Management">Committee of Management</a>Hake, Alfred Egmont. <em>The Journals of Major-Gen. C. G. Gordon, C. B., at Kartoum</em>. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1885. <a href="https://archive.org/details/journalsofmajorg00gord" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://archive.org/details/journalsofmajorg00gord</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/7/1885-Hake-Alfred-Egmont-Journals-of-Major-Gen-C-G-Gordon.pngCommittee of Management, founders, life writing, philosophy
8https://historysoa.com/items/show/8Jenkin, Henry Charles Fleeming<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Jenkin%2C+Henry+Charles+Fleeming+%281833%E2%80%931885%29">Jenkin, Henry Charles Fleeming (1833–1885)</a>(Henry Charles) Fleeming Jenkin (1833–1885); electrical engineer and university teacher.<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>Jenkin-Henry-Charles-Fleeming<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/14724">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/14724</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Scientist">Scientist</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=1885">1885</a>(Henry Charles) Fleeming Jenkin (1833–1885, <em>Oxford DNB</em>); electrical engineer and university teacher. Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh, and known as the inventor of the cable car or telpherage. One of the founding members 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=1833">1833</a>Stevenson, Robert Louis. <em>Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin</em>. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1912. <a href="https://archive.org/details/memoiroffleeming00stevuoft" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://archive.org/details/memoiroffleeming00stevuoft</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/8/1912-Stevenson-Robert-Louis-Henry-Charles-Fleeming-Jenkin.jpgeducation, engineering, founders
9https://historysoa.com/items/show/9Loftie, 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=Loftie%2C+William+John+%281839-1911%29">Loftie, William John (1839-1911)</a>W. J. Loftie (1839–1911); clergyman and writer on travel, art history, architecture and the history of London.<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>Loftie-William-John<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Basil+Montagu+Pickering">Basil Montagu Pickering</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Blackie+%26+Son">Blackie &amp; Son</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=E.+Stanford">E. Stanford</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=HMSO">HMSO</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=Rivington%2C+Percival+and+Co.">Rivington, Percival and 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=Society+for+Promoting+Christian+Knowledge">Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Theologian">Theologian</a>; <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=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=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=1911">1911</a>W. J. Loftie (1839–1911); clergyman and writer on travel, art history, architecture and the history of London. One of the founding members 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=1839">1839</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>Loftie, William John. <em>The Inns of Court and Chancery</em>. London: Seeley and Co., 1908. <a href="https://archive.org/details/innsofcourtchanc00loftuoft" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://archive.org/details/innsofcourtchanc00loftuoft</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/9/1908-Loftie-William-John-Inns-of-Court-and-Chancery.pngarchitecture, art, Council, founders, history, theology, travel writing
10https://historysoa.com/items/show/10Meynell, Wilfrid John<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Meynell%2C+Wilfrid+John+%281852%E2%80%931948%29">Meynell, Wilfrid John (1852–1948)</a>Wilfrid Meynell (1852–1948); newspaper publisher 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>Meynell-Wilfrid-John<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Burns+%26+Oates">Burns &amp; Oates</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Cassell+%26+Company">Cassell &amp; Company</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Field+%26+Tuer">Field &amp; Tuer</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Hodder+%26+Stoughton">Hodder &amp; Stoughton</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=John+Sinkins">John Sinkins</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Leadenhall+Press">Leadenhall Press</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Westminster+Press">Westminster Press</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=W.R.+Howell">W.R. Howell</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Oldcastle%2C+John">Oldcastle, John</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=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=1948">1948</a>Wilfrid Meynell (1852–1948); newspaper publisher and editor. Also wrote under the pseudonym John Oldcastle. One of the founding members 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=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=Founders%27+Sub-Committee">Founders&#039; Sub-Committee</a>Stoneman, Walter, for James Russell &amp; Sons. Portrait of Wilfrid Meynell. Bromide Print. c.1916. NPG Ax39216 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp81428/wilfrid-meynell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp81428/wilfrid-meynell</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/10/1916-Meynell-Wilfrid.jpgediting, founders, publishing
11https://historysoa.com/items/show/11Middlemore, Samuel George Chetwynd<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Middlemore%2C+Samuel+George+Chetwynd+%281848%E2%80%931891%29">Middlemore, Samuel George Chetwynd (1848–1891)</a>S. G. C. Middlemore (1848–1891); translator 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>Middlemore-Samuel-George-Chetwynd<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Kegan+Paul+%26+Co.">Kegan Paul &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=Simpkin%2C+Marshall+%26+Co.">Simpkin, Marshall &amp; Co.</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Journalist">Journalist</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Translator">Translator</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=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=1891">1891</a>S. G. C. Middlemore (1848–1891); translator and journalist. One of the founding members 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=1848">1848</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=Founders%27+Sub-Committee">Founders&#039; Sub-Committee</a>Burckhardt, Jacob. <em>The Civilisation of the Period of the Renaissance in Italy</em>. Trans. Samuel George Chetwynd Middlemore. London: Kegan Paul &amp; Co., 1878. <a href="https://archive.org/details/civilisationofpe02burc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://archive.org/details/civilisationofpe02burc</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/11/1878-Burckhardt-Jacob-The-Civilisation-of-the-Period-of-the-Renaissance-in-Italy.pngCommittee of Management, founders, journalism, translation
12https://historysoa.com/items/show/12Middleton, John Henry<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Middleton%2C+John+Henry+%281846%E2%80%931896%29">Middleton, John Henry (1846–1896)</a>John Henry Middleton (1846–1896); archaeologist and art historian.<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>Middleton-John-Henry<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Clay">Clay</a><a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/18676" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/18676</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Archaeologist">Archaeologist</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Architect">Architect</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=1896">1896</a>John Henry Middleton (1846<span>–</span>1896, <em>Oxford DNB</em>); archaeologist and art historian. One of the founding members 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=1846">1846</a><span>Stiles, R.N. H. Portrait of Henry John Middleton. Photograph. 1890s. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henry_Middleton#/media/File:Henrymiddleton.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henry_Middleton#/media/File:Henrymiddleton.jpg</a>.</span>https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/12/1890s-Middleton-John-Henry.jpegarchaeology, architecture, art, founders
13https://historysoa.com/items/show/13Pollock, Walter Herries<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Pollock%2C+Walter+Herries+%281850%E2%80%931926%29">Pollock, Walter Herries (1850–1926)</a>Walter Herries Pollock (1850–1926); writer, poet, lecturer 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>Pollock-Walter-Herries<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=C.+K.+Paul">C. K. Paul</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Hachette+%26+Co.">Hachette &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=Henry+%26+Co.">Henry &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=John+Lane">John Lane</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=John+Murray">John Murray</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Longmans%2C+Green+%26+Co.">Longmans, Green &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=Smith%2C+Elder">Smith, Elder</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=S.+French">S. French</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=R.+Bentley">R. Bentley</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Remington+%26+Co.">Remington &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=T.+Fisher+Unwin">T. Fisher Unwin</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Virtue+%26+Co.">Virtue &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=W.+Heinemann">W. Heinemann</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=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=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=1926">1926</a>Walter Herries Pollock (1850<span>–</span>1926); writer, poet, lecturer and journalist. Best known as editor of the <em>Saturday Review </em>(1884-1894). One of the founding members 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=1850">1850</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=Founders%27+Sub-Committee">Founders&#039; 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=Articles+of+Association+Sub-Committee">Articles of Association Sub-Committee</a>Ward, Sir Leslie. Walter Herries Pollock ('Men of the Day no. 553'). Chromolithograph. <em>Vanity Fair </em>(31 Dec. 1892). NPG D44627 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw258370/Walter-Herries-Pollock-Men-of-the-Day-No-553" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw258370/Walter-Herries-Pollock-Men-of-the-Day-No-553</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/13/1892-12-31-Pollock-Walter-Herries.jpgCommittee of Management, Council, editing, founders, journalism, poetry
14https://historysoa.com/items/show/14Ralston, William Ralston Shedden-<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Ralston%2C+William+Ralston+Shedden-+%281828%E2%80%931889%29">Ralston, William Ralston Shedden- (1828–1889)</a>William Ralston Shedden-Ralston (1828–1889); librarian, folklorist and Russian scholar.<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>Ralston-William-Ralston-Shedden<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Ellis+and+Green">Ellis and Green</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=S.+Low">S. 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=Strahan+%26+Co.">Strahan &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=Ward%2C+Lock%2C+and+Co.">Ward, Lock, and Co.</a><a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/23062" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/23062</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=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Russian+Scholar">Russian Scholar</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=79&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=M">M</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=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=1889">1889</a>William Ralston Shedden-Ralston (1828<span>–</span>1889; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); librarian, folklorist and Russian scholar. One of the founding members 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>Panov, I. S.? Portrait of William Ralston Shedden-Ralston. Engraving. <em>Pchela </em>37, 1875.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/14/1875-Ralston-William-Ralston-Shedden.pngfounders, history, translation
15https://historysoa.com/items/show/15Scoones, William Baptiste<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Scoones%2C+William+Baptiste+%281838%E2%80%931906%29">Scoones, William Baptiste (1838–1906)</a>William Baptiste Scoones (1838–1906); barrister and historian.<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>Scoones-William-Baptiste<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=James+Bain">James Bain</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Kegan+Paul+%26+Co.">Kegan Paul &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=Warrington+%26+Co.">Warrington &amp; Co.</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=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>William Baptiste Scoones (1838–1906); barrister and historian. Wrote several works on education and the civil service. One of the founding members of the Society of Authors. <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1838">1838</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>Scoones, William Baptiste. <em>Four Centuries of English Letters</em>. London: C. K. Paul, 1880. <a href="https://archive.org/details/fourcenturiesen00scoogoog" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://archive.org/details/fourcenturiesen00scoogoog</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/15/1880-Scoones-William-Baptiste-Four-Centuries-of-English-Letters.pngcivil service, Council, education, founders, history, law
16https://historysoa.com/items/show/16Valentine, John Tristram Tristram-<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Valentine%2C+John+Tristram+Tristram-+%281848%E2%80%931893%29">Valentine, John Tristram Tristram- (1848–1893)</a>J. T. Tristram-Valentine (1848–1893); solicitor and member of the British Ornithologists&#039; Union.<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>Valentine-John-Tristram-Tristram<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Horace+Cox">Horace Cox</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+%28Secretary%29">1885 (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=1884+%28Secretary%29">1884 (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=Secretary+%28Society+of+Authors%29">Secretary (Society of Authors)</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Solicitor+%28Society+of+Authors%29">Solicitor (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=Solicitor">Solicitor</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=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=1893">1893</a>J. T. Tristram-Valentine (1848–1893); solicitor and member of the British Ornithologists' Union. One of the founding members of the Society of Authors. Valentine resigned on 29 January 1885, after presenting the accounts for the first year, suggesting he didn’t believe in the Society's ability to make money. He was replaced by <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Ross-Alexander-Galt">Alexander Galt Ross</a>.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1848">1848</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Founders%27+Sub-Committee">Founders&#039; Sub-Committee</a>Tristram-Valentine, J. T.&nbsp;<em>London Birds and Beasts</em>. London: Horace Cox, 1895. <a href="https://archive.org/details/londonbirdsbeast00trisrich" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://archive.org/details/londonbirdsbeast00trisrich</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/16/1895-Tristram-Valentine-J-T-London-Birds-and-Beasts.pngfounders, law