WM
published the first volume of his successful poem The Earthly Paradise (said to be the longest in the English language) in 1868; two other volumes followed in 1870. He delivered hundreds of lectures on...
22 March 1857: The death by arsenic poisoning of her lover,...
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22 March 1857
The death by arsenic poisoning of her lover, shipping clerk Emile L'Angelier
, led to the prominent trial for murder of Madeleine Smith
, daughter of an affluent Glasgow architect.
Hartman, Mary S. Victorian Murderesses. Schocken Books, 1977.
52-4, 82-3
1883: William Morris published with Reeves of London...
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1883
William Morris
published with Reeves
of London the first of his Chants for Socialists: No 1. The Day is Coming.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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December 1884: Eleanor Marx, William Morris, and Edward...
February 1885: The first number of Commonweal, the Socialist...
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February 1885
The first number of Commonweal, the Socialist League
's official publication, appeared in London.
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.
North, John S., editor. The Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals: 1800-1900. http://www.victorianperiodicals.com/series2/defaultLoggedIn.asp.
Quail, John. The Slow Burning Fuse: The Lost History of the British Anarchists. Granada, 1978.
passim
March 1885: The first issue of the first British anarchist...
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March 1885
The first issue of the first British anarchist journal was edited by Henry Seymour
and published by The International Publishing Company
in London under the title Anarchist: A Revolutionary Review.
Quail, John. The Slow Burning Fuse: The Lost History of the British Anarchists. Granada, 1978.
48, 54-56
Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
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North, John S., editor. The Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals: 1800-1900. http://www.victorianperiodicals.com/series2/defaultLoggedIn.asp.
Texts
Morris, William et al., editors. Commonweal. Socialist League.