https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/86/1890s-Gosse-Edmund-William.jpg 654819dc17cef7ff76ff6067b0fbbd18 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) 1849 Death Date of death (YYYY) 1928 Sex Sex as assigned at birth M 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 Edmund William Gosse (1849–1928; Oxford DNB); writer. Published verse, criticism and biographical works. 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/33481" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33481</a> Committee(s) A list of committees the person was a member of Committee of Management Council Image Source A citation for the image. All images are either used under a Creative Commons licence or with permission Myers, Eveleen. Portrait of Sir Edmund William Gosse. Platinum Print. 1890s. NPG Ax36306 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw129793/Sir-Edmund-William-Gosse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw129793/Sir-Edmund-William-Gosse</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 Gosse, Edmund William Subject The topic of the resource Gosse, Edmund William Description An account of the resource Sir Edmund William Gosse (1849–1928); writer. Type The nature or genre of the resource Person Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Gosse-Edmund-William Committee of Management Council criticism life writing poetry