https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/54/1890-Payn-James.jpeg 6af821fcd9c2ed322776eb52d09a02f7 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) 1830 Death Date of death (YYYY) 1898 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 Payn, James (1830–1898; Oxford DNB), novelist and journal editor. Editor of Chambers's Journal from 1859–1874 and Cornhill Magazine from 1883–1896; also published fiction and criticism in various periodicals. Appointed a Vice-President of the Society of Authors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Entry Static URI for the person's entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, where available <a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/21640" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/21640</a> Position(s) Positions within the Society of Authors or committees (the latter specified by the [Committee(s)] field) such as Chairman or Honorary Secretary Vice-President 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 1884 (Vice-President) Image Source A citation for the image. All images are either used under a Creative Commons licence or with permission Downey, W. & D. Portrait of James Payn. Carbon Print on Card Mount. Cassell & Company, Ltd.,1890. <a href="Picture%20of James Payn, by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd, carbon print on card mount, 1890. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Payn#/media/File:Picture_of_James_Payn.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Payn#/media/File:Picture_of_James_Payn.jpg</a>. 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 Payn, James Subject The topic of the resource Payn, James (1830–1898) Description An account of the resource James Payn (1830–1898); novelist and journal editor. Type The nature or genre of the resource Person Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Payn-James criticism editing fiction journalism Vice-Presidents