https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/108/1921-Sprigge-Samuel-Squire.jpg 4e9916981b9d80f230141c7a5ec5273e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Society of Authors Members Description An account of the resource By the time of the first general meeting on 18 February 1884, the Society of Authors had 14 <a href="https://historysoa.com/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Vice-President&sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CTitle">Vice-Presidents</a> and 68 members. Annual subscription was set at a guinea; life subscription was 10 guineas. Initially, new members could join as Fellows, Members or Associates. Fellow status was abolished; not all Fellows paid for subscription and their position within the Society was thus unclear. Members had to have authored at least one full-length work (whether published or performed). Associates were aspiring writers who may not have had any work published. By 1886, there were 153 members. This rose to 240 in 1888, 372 in 1889, 662 in 1891 and 870 in 1892 (Walter Besant, <a href="https://historysoa.com/publications/1893-Besant-The-Society-of-Authors">The Society of Authors: A Record of Its Action from Its Foundation</a>, 1893). By 1912, there were over 2,000 members (<a href="https://historysoa.com/publications/1912-Prospectus">Society of Authors Prospectus</a>, 1912). This collection currently includes over 200 prominent members of the Society. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context people Person Birth Date of birth (YYYY) 1860 Death Date of death (YYYY) 1937 Sex Sex as assigned at birth M Occupation Occupations drawn from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or other sources Author Editor Biography Short summary drawn from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or other sources Sir (Samuel) Squire Sprigge (1860–1937; Oxford DNB); medical editor and author. Editor of The Lancet (1909); published articles on art and medicine, and books on medicine and the history of publishing. Appointed Secretary to the Society in 1889, taking over from <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Little-James-Stanley">James Stanley Little</a>. Succeeded by <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Thring-George-Herbert">George Herbert Thring</a> in 1892. Chaired the Price of Novels Sub-Committee from 1909. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Entry Static URI for the person's entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, where available <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/36222" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/36222</a> Committee(s) A list of committees the person was a member of Committee of Management Council Pension Fund Committee Price of Novels Sub-Committee Sub-Committee Start Date The date the person joined the sub-committee specified by the [Committee(s)] field 1909 (Price of Novels Sub-Committee) Position(s) Positions within the Society of Authors or committees (the latter specified by the [Committee(s)] field) such as Chairman or Honorary Secretary Chairman (Committee of Management) Chairman (Pension Fund Committee) Chairman (Price of Novels Sub-Committee) Secretary (Society of Authors) Position Start Date The date the person took on the position within the Society of Authors or committee (the latter specified by the [Position] field) such as Chairman or Honorary Secretary 1889 (Secretary) 1909 (Chairman of Price of Novels Sub-Committee) Image Source A citation for the image. All images are either used under a Creative Commons licence or with permission Bassano, Alexander. Portrait of Sir (Samuel) Squire Sprigge. Whole-Plate Glass Negative. 1921. NPG x120785 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw61726/Sir-Samuel-Squire-Sprigge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw61726/Sir-Samuel-Squire-Sprigge</a>. Position End Date The date the person stepped down from the position within the Society of Authors or committee (the latter specified by the [Position] field) such as Chairman or Honorary Secretary 1892 (Secretary) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sprigge, Samuel Squire Subject The topic of the resource Sprigge, Samuel Squire Description An account of the resource Sir (Samuel) Squire Sprigge (1860–1937); medical editor and author. Type The nature or genre of the resource Person Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Sprigge-Samuel-Squire art Committee of Management Council criticism editing medicine pensions publishing science