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115https://historysoa.com/items/show/115Anson, William Reynell<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Anson%2C+William+Reynell+%281843%E2%80%931914%29">Anson, William Reynell (1843–1914)</a>Sir William Reynell Anson, third baronet (1843–1914); politician and college head.<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>Anson-William-Reynell<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30423" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30423</a><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=1914">1914</a>Sir William Reynell Anson, third baronet (1843–1914; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); politician and college head. Associated with the <em>Law Quarterly Review</em>. Published legal works including <em>Law and Custom of the Constitution</em> (three volumes in 1886, 1892 and 1908).<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>Lafayette Photography Studio. Portrait of Sir William Reynell Anson. Photograph. 1906. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_William_Anson,_3rd_Baronet#/media/File:Sir_William_Reynell_Anson,_3rd_Bt._(1843-1914).jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_William_Anson,_3rd_Baronet#/media/File:Sir_William_Reynell_Anson,_3rd_Bt._(1843-1914).jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/115/1906-Anson-William-Reynell.jpgCouncil, law, politics
23https://historysoa.com/items/show/23Bailey, Philip James<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Bailey%2C+Philip+James+%281816%E2%80%931902%29">Bailey, Philip James (1816–1902)</a>Philip James Bailey (1816–1902); barrister, 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>Bailey-Philip-James<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30529" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30529</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=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=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=1902">1902</a>Philip James Bailey (1816–1902; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); barrister, author and spasmodic poet, best known as the author of <em>Festus </em>(1839). <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=1816">1816</a>Whitlock, Henry Joseph. Portrait of Philip James Bailey. Carte De Visite. 1863. NPG x148 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw161557/Philip-James-Bailey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw161557/Philip-James-Bailey</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/23/1863-Bailey-Philip-James.jpglaw, poetry, Vice-Presidents
124https://historysoa.com/items/show/124Bryce, James<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Bryce%2C+James+%281838%E2%80%931922%29">Bryce, James (1838–1922)</a>James Bryce, Viscount Bryce (1838–1922); jurist, 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>Bryce-James<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32141" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32141</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=Jurist">Jurist</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=1922">1922</a>James Bryce, Viscount Bryce (1838–1922; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); jurist, historian and politician. Published essays and books on travel, history and law.<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><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>Beresford, George Charles. Portrait of James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce. Dry-Plate Glass Negative. 1902. NPG x6451 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw179077/James-Bryce-1st-Viscount-Bryce" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw179077/James-Bryce-1st-Viscount-Bryce</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/124/1902-Bryce-James.jpgCouncil, history, law, politics, travel writing
191https://historysoa.com/items/show/191Byrne, James<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Byrne%2C+James+%281857%E2%80%931942%29">Byrne, James (1857–1942)</a>James Byrne (1857–1942); Legal Representative in America and educationalist.<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>Byrne-James<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Legal+Representative+in+America+%28Society+of+Authors%29">Legal Representative in America (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=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=1942">1942</a>James Byrne (1857–1942); Legal Representative in America and educationalist. Founding member of the American Law Institute, 1922.<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>Byrne, James. <em>Memorial of Franklin Warner M. Cutcheon</em>. Bar of the City of New York, 1937. <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015071171683" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015071171683</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/191/1937-Byrne-James.pngAmerica, education, international, law
30https://historysoa.com/items/show/30Copinger, Walter Arthur<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Copinger%2C+Walter+Arthur+%281847%E2%80%931910%29">Copinger, Walter Arthur (1847–1910)</a>Walter Arthur Copinger (1847–1910); jurist 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>Copinger-Walter-Arthur<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32559" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32559</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=Professor">Professor</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=1910">1910</a>Walter Arthur Copinger (1847–1910; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); jurist and author. Professor of Law at Owens College, Manchester. Published primarily bibliographic works. <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=1847">1847</a>Lafayette. Portrait of Walter Arthur Copinger. Photograph. 1912. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Arthur_Copinger#/media/File:Walter_Arthur_Copinger.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Arthur_Copinger#/media/File:Walter_Arthur_Copinger.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/30/1912-Copinger-Walter-Arthur.jpeglaw, Vice-Presidents
220https://historysoa.com/items/show/220Copyright Law Reform: An Exposition of Lord Monkswell&#039;s Copyright Bill (1891)<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%3Cem%3ECopyright+Law+Reform%3A+An+Exposition+of+Lord+Monkswell%27s+Copyright+Bill%3C%2Fem%3E+%281891%29"><em>Copyright Law Reform: An Exposition of Lord Monkswell's Copyright Bill</em> (1891)</a>An account written by <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Ostler-John-Mounteney-Lely">J. M. Lely</a> defining the scope of the copyright bill (as drafted by the Society's <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=Copyright+Sub-Committee&amp;sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CTitle">Copyright Committee</a> and presented by Lord Monkswell). Summarises the problems with the law and the remedies offered by the Bill.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%3Ca+href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fhistorysoa.com%2Fpeople%2FOstler-John-Mounteney-Lely%22%3EOstler%2C+John+Mounteney+Lely%3C%2Fa%3E"><a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Ostler-John-Mounteney-Lely">Ostler, John Mounteney Lely</a></a><a href="https://archive.org/details/copyrightlawref00lelygoog/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://archive.org/details/copyrightlawref00lelygoog</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Publication">Publication</a>1891-Lely-Copyright-Law-Reform<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=78&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Eyre+and+Spottiswoode">Eyre and Spottiswoode</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=76&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1891">1891</a>Lely, J. M. <em>Copyright Law Reform: An Exposition of Lord Monkswell's Copyright Bill</em>. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1891. <a href="https://archive.org/details/copyrightlawref00lelygoog/page/n8/mode/2up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://archive.org/details/copyrightlawref00lelygoog/page/n8/mode/2up</a>.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=4&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=London">London</a>https://historysoa.com/files/original/4/220/1892-Lely-Copyright-Law-Reform.pngcopyright, law, publications
32https://historysoa.com/items/show/32Dicey, Albert Venn<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dicey%2C+Albert+Venn+%281835%E2%80%931922%29">Dicey, Albert Venn (1835–1922)</a>A. V. Dicey (1835–1922); jurist and constitutional theorist.<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>Dicey-Albert-Venn<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32811" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32811</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=Jurist">Jurist</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Professor">Professor</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=1922">1922</a>A. V. Dicey (1835–1922; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); jurist and constitutional theorist. Best known&nbsp;as the author of <em>Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution</em> (1885). <span>Vinerian Professor of English Law at Oxford. 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=1835">1835</a>Portrait of Albert Venn Dicey. Photograph. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._V._Dicey#/media/File:Albert_Venn_Dicey_in_academic_robes.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._V._Dicey#/media/File:Albert_Venn_Dicey_in_academic_robes.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/32/Dicey-Albert-Venn.jpegeducation, law, Vice-Presidents
219https://historysoa.com/items/show/219Field, Basil<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Field%2C+Basil+%281834%E2%80%931908%29">Field, Basil (1834–1908)</a>Basil Field (1834–1908); solicitor.<a href="https://historysoa.com/groups-organisations/Field-Roscoe-Co">Field, Roscoe &amp; Co., Messrs.</a><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>Field-Basil<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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1908">1908</a>Basil Field (1834–1908); solicitor. Advised the Society of Authors throughout the 1880s, 1890s and 1900s, the firm (<a href="https://historysoa.com/groups-organisations/Field-Roscoe-Co">Field, Roscoe &amp; Co.</a>) continuing to act as solicitors to the Society after Field's death. Formed part of the Society's deputation to Government about the Berne Convention in 1886. Also advised the Royal Academy of Arts in the 1880s.<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><em>Post Office London Directory</em>, <em>1882. Part 4: Law, Court &amp; Parliamentary Directories, etc. </em>London: Printed for Frederic Kelly, 1882. p. 2033. <a href="http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/40632/rec/10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/40632/rec/10</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/219/1882-Field-Basil.pngcopyright, law
192https://historysoa.com/items/show/192Field, Roscoe &amp; Co., Messrs.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Field%2C+Roscoe+%26+Co.%2C+Messrs.+%281835%E2%80%931969%29">Field, Roscoe &amp; Co., Messrs. (1835–1969)</a>Messrs. Field, Roscoe &amp; Co. (1835–1969); solicitors acting on behalf of the Society of Authors.<a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Field-Basil">Field, Basil</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Group%2FOrganisation">Group/Organisation</a>Field-Roscoe-Co<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=59&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=60&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1969">1969</a>Besant, Walter. The Society of Authors: A Record of Its Action from Its Foundation. London: The Society of Authors, 1893. <a href="https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=hd0-AQAAMAAJ&amp;pg=GBS.PP" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=hd0-AQAAMAAJ&amp;pg=GBS.PP</a>3.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=4&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=36+Lincoln%27s+Inn+Fields">36 Lincoln&#039;s Inn Fields</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=4&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=London">London</a>https://historysoa.com/files/original/3/192/1893-Field-Roscoe-Co.pnglaw
190https://historysoa.com/items/show/190Godkin, Lawrence<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Godkin%2C+Lawrence+%281860%E2%80%931929%29">Godkin, Lawrence (1860–1929)</a>Lawrence Godkin (1860–1929); Legal Counsel in the United States. <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>Godkin-Lawrence<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Legal+Counsel+in+the+United+States+%28Society+of+Authors%29">Legal Counsel in the United States (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=Lawyer">Lawyer</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=79&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=M">M</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1929">1929</a>Lawrence Godkin (1860–1929); Legal Counsel in the United States. <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>Portrait of Lawrence Godkin. Photograph. c. 1900. S/NPG.76.58 © National Portrait Gallery, Washington. <a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_S_NPG.76.58" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_S_NPG.76.58</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/190/1900-Godkin-Lawrence.jpegAmerica, international, law
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
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
172https://historysoa.com/items/show/172MacGillivray, Evan James<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=MacGillivray%2C+Evan+James+%281873-1955%29">MacGillivray, Evan James (1873-1955)</a>E. J. MacGillivray (1873-1955); Queen&#039;s Counsel 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>MacGillivray-Evan-James<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=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=1955">1955</a>E. J. MacGillivray (1873-1955); Queen&#039;s Counsel and writer. Published works on copyright law.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1873">1873</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>Lafayette. Portrait of Evan James MacGillivray. Half-Plate Film Negative. 1926. NPG x41379 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw172356/Evan-James-MacGillivray" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw172356/Evan-James-MacGillivray</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/172/1926-MacGillivray-Evan-James.jpgcopyright, Council, law
45https://historysoa.com/items/show/45Maine, Henry James Sumner<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Maine%2C+Henry+James+Sumner+%281822%E2%80%931888%29">Maine, Henry James Sumner (1822–1888)</a>Sir Henry James Sumner Maine (1822–1888); jurist 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>Maine-Henry-James-Sumner<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/17808" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/17808</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=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=Jurist">Jurist</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=1888">1888</a>Sir Henry James Sumner Maine (1822–1888; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); jurist and historian. Primarily published on the history of the law and political journalism; best known for <em>Ancient Law</em> (1861). 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=1822">1822</a>Barraud, Herbert Rose. Portrait of Sir Henry James Sumner Maine. Albumen Carte De Visite. 1882-1888. NPG x139664 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw251810/Sir-Henry-James-Sumner-Maine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw251810/Sir-Henry-James-Sumner-Maine</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/45/1880s-Maine-Henry-James-Sumner.jpghistory, journalism, law, politics, Vice-Presidents
47https://historysoa.com/items/show/47Martin, Theodore<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Martin%2C+Theodore+%281816%E2%80%931909%29">Martin, Theodore (1816–1909)</a>Sir Theodore Martin (1816–1909); lawyer 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>Martin-Theodore<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34906" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34906</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=Lawyer">Lawyer</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>Sir Theodore Martin (1816–1909; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); lawyer and biographer. Published poetry, translations and biographies; best known for his <em>Life of the Prince Consort</em> (1874-80), commissioned by Queen Victoria. 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=1816">1816</a>Lock &amp; Whitfield. Portrait of Sir Theodore Martin. Woodburytype. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1881. NPG Ax17656 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw122413/Sir-Theodore-Martin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw122413/Sir-Theodore-Martin</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/47/1881-Martin-Theodore.jpglaw, life writing, poetry, translation, Vice-Presidents
94https://historysoa.com/items/show/94Ostler, John Mounteney Lely<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Ostler%2C+John+Mounteney+Lely+%281839%E2%80%931907%29">Ostler, John Mounteney Lely (1839–1907)</a>J. M. Lely (1839–1907); writer of legal handbooks.<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>Ostler-John-Mounteney-Lely<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=1907">1907</a>J. M. Lely (1839–1907); writer of legal handbooks. Assumed the surname Lely in 1862. Editor of <em>Wharton's Law Lexicon</em>, <em>Chitty's Statutes of Practical Utility</em>&nbsp;and other legal works.<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=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>Woodfall, William. <em>Woodfall's Law of Landlord and Tenant</em>. Ed. J. M. Lely. London: Sweet and Maxwell, 1902. <a href="https://archive.org/details/woodfallslawofla00wood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://archive.org/details/woodfallslawofla00wood</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/94/1902-Woodfall-William.pngCommittee of Management, copyright, Council, editing, education, law
55https://historysoa.com/items/show/55Pollock, Frederick<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+Frederick+%281845%E2%80%931937%29">Pollock, Frederick (1845–1937)</a>Sir Frederick Pollock, third baronet (1845–1937); jurist.<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-Frederick<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/35563" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/35563</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=74&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1895+%28Chairman+of+Committee+of+Management%29">1895 (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=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+%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=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+%28Copyright+Sub-Committee%29">Chairman (Copyright Sub-Committee)</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=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=Jurist">Jurist</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=1937">1937</a>Sir Frederick Pollock, third baronet (1845–1937; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); jurist. Published widely on the history of law. Appointed a Vice-President of the Society of Authors in 1884; also a member of the <a href="https://historysoa.com/exhibits/show/council">Council</a>. Appointed Chairman of 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=Copyright+Sub-Committee&amp;sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CTitle">Copyright Sub-Committee</a> in May 1890, established to draft a copyright bill. Took over the role of Chairman of the <a href="https://historysoa.com/exhibits/show/management-committee">Committee of Management</a> in November 1892, when <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Besant-Walter">Walter Besant</a> stepped down. Succeeded by <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Conway-William-Martin">Martin Conway</a> in February 1895.<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=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>Bassano, Alexander. Portrait of Sir Frederick Pollock. Photograph. Reproduced in Frederick Pollock, <em>For My Grandson</em>. London: John Murray, 1933. <a href="Bassano.%20Portrait of Sir Frederick Pollock. Photograph. Reproduced in For My Grandson. London: John Murray, 1933. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Frederick_Pollock,_3rd_Baronet#/media/File:Sir_Frederick_Pollock,_3rd_Baronet.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Frederick_Pollock,_3rd_Baronet#/media/File:Sir_Frederick_Pollock,_3rd_Baronet.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/55/1900-Pollock-Frederick.jpegCommittee of Management, copyright, Council, history, law, Vice-Presidents
233https://historysoa.com/items/show/233Pollock, William Frederick<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+William+Frederick+%281815%E2%80%931888%29">Pollock, William Frederick (1815–1888)</a>Sir William Frederick Pollock, second baronet (1815–1888); lawyer 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>Pollock-William-Frederick<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/22480" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/22480</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=74&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=73&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1886">1886</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=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=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=1888">1888</a>Sir William Frederick Pollock, second baronet (1815–1888; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); lawyer and author. Published a translation of Dante's <em>Divine Comedy</em> (1854); also wrote an autobiography (1887) and edited William Charles Macready's <em>Reminiscences</em> (1876). Chairman of the <a href="https://historysoa.com/exhibits/show/management-committee">Committee of Management</a>, succeeding <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Morison-James-Augustus-Cotter">James Cotter Morison</a>. Stepped down in 1888 due to ill health; replaced by <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Besant-Walter">Walter Besant</a>.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1815">1815</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>Portrait of William Frederick Pollock. Albumen Print.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/233/Pollock-William-Frederick.jpegCommittee of Management, editing, law, translation
222https://historysoa.com/items/show/222Rolt, Frederick<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Rolt%2C+Frederick+%281826%E2%80%931895%29">Rolt, Frederick (1826–1895)</a>Frederick Rolt (1826–1895); solicitor.<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>Rolt-Frederick<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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1895">1895</a>Frederick Rolt (1826–1895); solicitor.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1826">1826</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><em>Post Office London Directory, 1882. Part 4: Law, Court &amp; Parliamentary Directories, etc.</em> London: Printed for Frederic Kelly, 1882. p. 2051. <a href="http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/40650/rec/10">http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/40632/rec/10</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/222/1882-Rolt-Frederick.pngcopyright, law
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
193https://historysoa.com/items/show/193Thring, George Herbert<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Thring%2C+George+Herbert+%281859%E2%80%931941%29">Thring, George Herbert (1859–1941)</a>George Herbert Thring (1859–1941); Secretary to the Society of Authors.<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>Thring-George-Herbert<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=74&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1930+%28Secretary%29">1930 (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=1892+%28Secretary%29">1892 (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=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=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1941">1941</a>George Herbert Thring (1859–1941); Secretary to the Society of Authors from 1892, taking over from <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Sprigge-Samuel-Squire">Samuel Squire Sprigge</a> when it was decided that the Society needed a full-time Secretary. He held the position until 1930. Also solicitor in England to <em>La Société des Gens de Lettres</em>. Became the editor of&nbsp;<a href="https://historysoa.com/publications/The-Author"><em>The Author</em></a>&nbsp;after the death of <a href="https://historysoa.com/Besant-Walter">Walter Besant</a> in 1901.<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>Thring, George Herbert. <em>Addenda to The Methods of Publishing</em>. London: The Society of Authors, 1898. <a href="https://archive.org/details/methodspublishi00thrigoog" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://archive.org/details/methodspublishi00thrigoog</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/193/Thring-George-Herbert.jpegediting, law, publishing, The Author
218https://historysoa.com/items/show/218Train, Arthur Cheney<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Train%2C+Arthur+Cheney+%281875%E2%80%931945%29">Train, Arthur Cheney (1875–1945)</a>Arthur Cheney Train (1875–1945); Legal Representative in America, lawyer 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>Train-Arthur-Cheney<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Legal+Representative+in+America+%28Society+of+Authors%29">Legal Representative in America (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=Lawyer">Lawyer</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=1945">1945</a>Arthur Cheney Train (1875–1945); Legal Representative in America, lawyer and writer. Best known for his legal thrillers and the creation of the character Mr Ephraim Tutt.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1875">1875</a>Portrait of Arthur Cheney Train. Photograph. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Cheney_Train#/media/File:Arthur_Cheney_Train.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Cheney_Train#/media/File:Arthur_Cheney_Train.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/218/Train-Arthur-Cheney.jpegAmerica, international, law
170https://historysoa.com/items/show/170Underdown, Emanuel Maguire<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Underdown%2C+Emanuel+Maguire+%281831%E2%80%931913%29">Underdown, Emanuel Maguire (1831–1913)</a>E. M. Underdown (1831–1913); Honorary Counsel for the Society of Authors.<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>Underdown-Emanuel-Maguire<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Honorary+Counsel+%28Society+of+Authors%29">Honorary Counsel (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=Honorary+Counsel+%28Articles+of+Association+Sub-Committee%29">Honorary Counsel (Articles of Association Sub-Committee)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Lawyer">Lawyer</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=1913">1913</a>E. M. Underdown (1831–1913); Honorary Counsel for the Society of Authors. Drafted Lord Monkswell's Copyright Bill, and formed part of the deputation to the government about the Berne Convention in 1886. Published articles and books on copyright.<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=Articles+of+Association+Sub-Committee">Articles of Association 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=Copyright+Sub-Committee">Copyright Sub-Committee</a>Barraud, Herbert Rose. Portrait of E. M. Underdown. Photograph. Reproduced in the <em>Illustrated London News</em> (1900).https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/170/1900-Underdown-Emanuel-Maguire.jpegcopyright, 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