Person    | Male  Born 13/7/1859  Died 13/10/1947

Sidney James Webb

Social researcher, economist and reformer, founder of the L.S.E., Born London. Early Socialist. He and his wife, Beatrice Webb, were, with George Bernard Shaw, early members of the Fabian Society. Died Hampshire. First Baron Passfield.

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Sidney James Webb

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Sidney & Beatrice Webb

Sidney Webb (1859 - 1947) and Beatrice Webb (1858 - 1943) social scientists a...

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Sidney Webb

Placed 13 July 1995.

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