Modern History Project

"A little learning is a
dangerous thing"

Fabian Socialist Society


United Kingdom, Political Org    (1884 to present)
• Socialist utopians. Advocates of gradualism rather than revolution. Influential in media, academics, politics. (See: Fabian Society profile)
• Article on the history of the Fabian Society (See: Spartacus article)
• Collection of Fabian Society publications from the London School of Economics (See: LSE library)
• History of the Fabian Society, list of officers (See: Fabian History)
• 1889 : Published "Fabian Essays", edited by G.B.Shaw -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1961 : "The Story of Fabian Socialism", by member Margaret Cole (See: Text online) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Relationships
1860 1870 1880 1890 1900
WellsHGMember
 
BellocHMember
 
CohenIMember
 
RussellBAWMember
 
WebbBPMember
 
ChestertonGKMember
 
BesantAMember
 
HobsonJAMember
 
MacDonaldJRMember
 
HeadlamSDMember
 
WebbSJMember
 
PeaseERFounder
 
ShawGBMember
 
WallasGMember
 
MarxEMember
 
SupporterLeninVI
 
FounderUKLabourParty
 
FounderLonSchEcon
 
Life ofFabianSoc
 
Timeframe:
Related Entities -- click to view
Wells, Herbert G.   (Member of, 1903 to 1910) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1905 : Published "A Modern Utopia" -- Duck | Google | Bing
Belloc, Hilaire   (Member of, 1902 to 1910) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Cohen, Israel   (Member of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Russell, Bertrand A. W.   (Member of, 1895 to 1970-02-02) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• (See: Spartacus profile)
Webb, Beatrice P.   (Member of, 1892 to 1943-04-30) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Chesterton, Gilbert K.   (Member of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Besant, Annie   (Member of, 1888 to 1933) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1889 : Contributor to "Fabian Essays". (See: Spartacus profile) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Hobson, John A.   (Member of, 1887 to 1940) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• (See: Spartacus bio)
• 1898 : Published "John Ruskin, Social Reformer"
• 1902 : Published "Imperialism: A Study" -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1914 : Published "Towards International Government" -- Duck | Google | Bing
MacDonald, James Ramsay   (Member of, 1886 to 1937-11-05) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Headlam, Stewart D.   (Member of, 1886 to 1924) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1892 : Published Fabian tract #42, "Christian Socialism"
• 1901 : Executive committee (1901-11)
Webb, Sidney J.   (Member of, 1885 to 1947-10-13) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1889 : Published "The Historic Basis of Socialism" (See: Excerpt online) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Pease, Edward R.   (Founder of, 1884 to 1955) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Co-founder
• 1890 : Secretary of the Society (1890-1913)
• 1914 : Honorary Secretary (1914-38)
Shaw, George Bernard   (Member of, 1884 to 1950-11-02) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1910 : Shaw designs a stained glass window illustrating the goal of the society to "remould" the world (See: LSE photo and article)
Wallas, Graham   (Member of, 1884 to 1932) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• (See: Spartacus profile)
Marx, Eleanor   (Member of, 1884 to 1898-03-31) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Lenin, Vladimir I. (Nicholai)   (Supporter of, 1903 to 1924) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Lenin and other "Bolsheviks" were housed and funded by the Fabian Society in London (dates uncertain)
• Lenin visits British Museum library during his trips to London (1902-1911)
U.K. Labour Party   (Founder of, 1900 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Members of Fabian Society and other British socialists met to form the Labour Party.
London School of Economics (LSE)   (Founder of, 1895 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Fabian Society received a grant from the estate of Henry Hutchinson which was used to found the school.