Edward R. Pease
Edward R. Pease | |
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Born | Edward Reynolds Pease 23 December 1857 near Bristol, England |
Died | 5 January 1955 | (aged 97)
Spouse | Marjory Davidson |
Edward Reynolds Pease (23 December 1857 – 5 January 1955) was an English writer and a founding member of the Fabian Society.
Early life
Pease was born near
Career
In the early 1880s Pease became friends with Frank Podmore and husband and wife Edith Nesbit and Hubert Bland. On 4 January 1884, Podmore's group founded the Fabian Society.[2]
In 1886, the death of a wealthy relative meant Pease received a sizeable legacy allowing him to give up work at the London Stock Exchange and devote time to his
In 1890 Pease was appointed secretary of the Fabian Society. As well as managing the society's administration, he edited Fabian News and wrote ten pamphlets, including tracts on liquor licensing (1899) and The History of the Fabian Society (1916).
With Sidney and Beatrice Webb, Pease was a trustee in the fund used to found the London School of Economics (LSE) in 1895.
Pease was also a member of the
Family
Pease married
With his wife Marjory, Pease established the East Surrey Labour Party and both served on the local council. Their home at Limpsfield, The Pendicle, Pastens Road, became known as 'Dostoevsky Corner', because he housed so many Russian refugees who had been forced to leave their country because of their socialist beliefs.[3]
See also
- List of Fabian Tracts
References
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- ^ biographical record at British Library of Political & Economic Science
External links
- Works by Edward R. Pease at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Edward R. Pease at Internet Archive
- Works by Edward R. Pease at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- ODNB article by Mark Bevir, ‘Pease, Edward Reynolds (1857–1955)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.