https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/1/1888-Besant-Walter.jpeg 0673317aa3fd65cbee2ec98fcc16f8aa 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 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/30736" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30736</a> Occupation Occupations drawn from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or other sources Author Biography Short summary drawn from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or other sources Sir Walter Besant (1836–1901; Oxford DNB); 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. Committee(s) A list of committees the person was a member of Committee of Management Council Founders' Sub-Committee Image Source A citation for the image. All images are either used under a Creative Commons licence or with permission Barraud, Herbert Rose. Portrait of Walter Besant. Carbon Print. Richard Bentley & Son, 1888. <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>. Committee Start Date The date the person joined the committee(s) specified by the [Committee(s)] field 1884 1884 Committee End Date The date the person left the committee(s) specified by the [Committee(s)] field 1901 1901 Committee of Management Start Date The date the person joined the Committee of Management 1884 Committee of Management End Date The date the person left the Committee of Management 1901 Council Start Date The date the person joined the Council 1884 Council End Date The date the person left the Council 1901 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 (Council) 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 (Chairman of Committee of Management) 1888 (Chairman of Committee of Management) 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 1885 (Chairman of Committee of Management) 1892 (Chairman of Committee of Management) Publisher(s) When used for publications, publisher of the periodical or book. When used for people, list of publishers they worked with during their lifetime A. & C. Black Arrowsmith Blackwood Chapman & Hall Chatto & Windus Macmillan & Co. Methuen Sampson Low Thomas Burleigh Tinsley Brothers Sex Sex as assigned at birth M Birth Date of birth (YYYY) 1836 Death Date of death (YYYY) 1901 Society Membership Start Date When they joined the SoA (YYYY) 1884 Interactive Timeline Embed a timeline built using knight lab (https://timeline.knightlab.com) <iframe width="100%" height="635" src="https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/index.html?source=1CGpToYotW2gSLSIuuV6pPyBEw9OhKZ2_j-GFMpUMd5M&font=Default&lang=en&timenav_position=top&initial_zoom=0&height=635" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0"></iframe> Society Membership End Date When they left the SoA (YYYY) 1901 Sub-Committee Start Date The date the person joined the sub-committee specified by the [Committee(s)] field 1883 (Founders' Sub-Committee) 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 Besant, Walter Subject The topic of the resource Besant, Walter (1836–1901) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Besant-Walter Type The nature or genre of the resource Person Description An account of the resource Sir Walter Besant (1836–1901); writer and campaigner for authors' rights. Committee of Management Council fiction founders history The Author