PEASE EDWARD REYNOLDS 1857-1955 SECRETARY FABIAN SOCIETY

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  • Reference
    • GB 97 COLL MISC 0573
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1894
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • One folder

Scope and Content

Correspondence, handbills and request for subscriptions for the Fabian Society parliamentary candidate at Newcastle upon Tyne, Frederick Hammill.

Administrative / Biographical History

Edward R. Pease 1857 - 1955

Edward Pease was born in Bristol in 1857. From 1874 to 1878 he worked in a merchant's office, and in 1880 he became a member of the London Stock Exchange. In 1886 he left the Stock Exchange and went to Newcastle to become a cabinet-maker and trade unionist. Pease co-founded the Fabian Society in 1883, and was Secretary 1890 - 1913, and Honorary Secretary 1814 - 1938. He was also Governor of London School of Economics from its foundation in 1895. From 1900 to 1913 he was a member of the Executive of the Labour Party. He died in 1955.

His publications include:

  • The History of the Fabian Society (1916)
  • Webb and the Fabian Society" in "The Webbs and their Work (1949)

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