“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
(29 March 1911): 11
Sidney Webb
Standard Name: Webb, Sidney
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Virginia Woolf | The Woolfs were planning to acquire a printing press as early as 22 February 1915, when Virginia wrote to Margaret Llewelyn Davies
about their excitement over the prospect: there's a chance of damaging the Webb |
| Friends, Associates | Amabel Williams-Ellis | Her political activities kept AWE
at the centre of London's socially-conscious literary circles. Guests at The Well of Loneliness tea-party included Virginia Woolf
, Rose Macaulay
, Vita Sackville-West
, G. B. Shaw
, and... |
| Textual Production | H. G. Wells | HGW
's The New Machiavelli was a political roman à clef which includes unfriendly comic sketches of many public figures on the left, including Beatrice
and Sidney Webb
. British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo. |
| Textual Production | Beatrice Webb | Written with Sidney Webb
, BW
's Labor appeared in the New York-published collection Whither Mankind: A Panorama of Western Civilization. Clark, Evans. “Forecasting the Future of Man”. New York Times Book Review, pp. 1, 24 - 5. 1, 24 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Beatrice Webb | Beatrice Potter
married Sidney Webb
, Fabian socialist and civil servant, and, later, London County Councillor and Labour MP. Radice, Lisanne. Beatrice and Sidney Webb: Fabian Socialists. St Martin’s Press. 85 |
| Textual Production | Beatrice Webb | Beatrice
and Sidney Webb
jointly published Methods of Social Study, which they had finished just before their visit to Russia. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive. 1604 (27 October 1932): 788 |
| politics | Beatrice Webb | BW
and her husband, Sidney Webb
, founded the Harte, Negley. The University of London 1836-1986. Athlone. 212-13 Thompson, Francis Michael Longstreth, editor. The University of London and the World of Learning 1836-1986. Hambledon Press. xx |
| Textual Production | Beatrice Webb | BW
published, together with her husband
, Soviet Communism: A New Civilization? British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo. TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive. 1764 (23 November 1935): 769 |
| politics | Beatrice Webb | BW
and her husband
formed the Coefficient Club
to discuss Imperial Efficiency at Home and Abroad, and to provide a forum for a centre party. Radice, Lisanne. Beatrice and Sidney Webb: Fabian Socialists. St Martin’s Press. 146 |
| Textual Production | Beatrice Webb | A further 70-page volume of BW
's previously unpublished diaries appeared: Visit to New Zealand in 1898, including entries by Sidney Webb British Book News. British Council. (1959): 592 |
| Travel | Beatrice Webb | BW
and her husband
travelled to the USA, Australia, and New Zealand (the Anglo-Saxon world). Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Author summary | Beatrice Webb | An important and forceful left-wing intellectual (a shaper both of the Fabian Society
and of the Labour Party
), BW
wrote at the end of the nineteenth century and in the early twentieth century. Her... |
| Travel | Beatrice Webb | BW
and her husband
travelled by way of Canada to Japan, Korea, China, and India. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Beatrice Webb | Even this book, planned and largely written without Sidney Webb
, bears some late impress of his influence. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| politics | Beatrice Webb | BW
and her husband
founded the leftist journal the New Statesman, under the auspices of the Fabian Society
; this month Clifford Sharp
became editor, which he remained until 1930. The first number appeared... |
Timeline
January 1884: The Fabian Society was founded in London...
National or international item
January 1884
The Fabian Society
was founded in London to publicize socialist ideas and investigate the application of socialist principles to British conditions.
26 June to 5 July 1899: The International Council of Women sponsored...
Building item
26 June to 5 July 1899
The International Council of Women sponsored the International Congress of Women
, a ten-day conference held at Westminster Town Hall in London. Those attending included Susan B. Anthony
, Sidney Webb
, Josephine Butler
26 May 1905: The Fabian Society set up a committee under...
Building item
26 May 1905
The Fabian Society
set up a committee under Sidney Webb
to investigate the declining birth rate and the level of infant mortality.
1928: Members of the British Federation of University...
Building item
1928
Members of the British Federation of University Women (later known as the British Federation of Women Graduates
) established the Sybil Campbell Libraryfor the study of the expansion of the role of women in recent generations.
Late July 1931: In Britain the confusingly-named May committee...
National or international item
Late July 1931
In Britain the confusingly-named May committee responded to escalation both in the international financial crisis and mass unemployment at home, by advising draconian cuts in government expenditure.
Texts
Webb, Sidney, and Beatrice Webb. A Constitution for the Socialist Commonwealth of Great Britain. Longmans, Green, 1920.
Webb, Sidney, and Beatrice Webb. English Local Government from the Revolution to the Municipal Corporations Act. Longmans, Green, 1929.
Webb, Sidney, and Beatrice Webb. Industrial Democracy. Longmans, Green, 1897.
Webb, Sidney, and Beatrice Webb. Methods of Social Study. Longmans, Green, 1932.
Webb, Sidney, and Beatrice Webb. Soviet Communism: A New Civilization?. Longmans, Green, 1935.
Webb, Sidney, and Beatrice Webb. The History of Trade Unionism. Longmans, Green, 1894.
Webb, Beatrice, and Sidney Webb. Visit to New Zealand in 1898. Price Milburn, 1959.