https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/13/1892-12-31-Pollock-Walter-Herries.jpg 11e206cf7da4448d9b37b6196ec89db3 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 Sex Sex as assigned at birth M Occupation Occupations drawn from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or other sources Barrister Editor Biography Short summary drawn from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or other sources Walter Herries Pollock (1850–1926); writer, poet, lecturer and journalist. Best known as editor of the Saturday Review (1884-1894). One of the founding members of the Society of Authors. 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 Chatto & Windus C. K. Paul Hachette & Co. Henry & Co. John Lane John Murray Longmans, Green & Co. Smith, Elder S. French R. Bentley Remington & Co. T. Fisher Unwin Virtue & Co. W. Heinemann Committee(s) A list of committees the person was a member of Committee of Management Council Founders' Sub-Committee Articles of Association Sub-Committee Committee of Management Start Date The date the person joined the Committee of Management 1884 Image Source A citation for the image. All images are either used under a Creative Commons licence or with permission Ward, Sir Leslie. Walter Herries Pollock ('Men of the Day no. 553'). Chromolithograph. Vanity Fair (31 Dec. 1892). NPG D44627 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw258370/Walter-Herries-Pollock-Men-of-the-Day-No-553" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw258370/Walter-Herries-Pollock-Men-of-the-Day-No-553</a>. Birth Date of birth (YYYY) 1850 Death Date of death (YYYY) 1926 Society Membership Start Date When they joined the SoA (YYYY) 1884 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 Pollock, Walter Herries Subject The topic of the resource Pollock, Walter Herries (1850–1926) Description An account of the resource Walter Herries Pollock (1850–1926); writer, poet, lecturer and journalist. Type The nature or genre of the resource Person Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Pollock-Walter-Herries Committee of Management Council editing founders journalism poetry