Correspondence and papers of Frank W. Galton, including:
- Galton 4. Photographs of George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Beatrice (1858 -1943) and Sidney Webb (1859 - 1947).
GALTON FRANK WALLIS 1867-1952SECRETARY FABIAN SOCIETY
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- Dates of Creation1886-1947
- Language of MaterialEnglish.
- Physical DescriptionOne box
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Administrative / Biographical History
Frank Wallis Galton 1867 - 1952
Frank Wallis was educated at Medburn Street Board School and the Working MensCollege in Great Ormond Street. He was apprenticed to a silversmith andengraver but soon left to enter journalism and politics, becoming privatesecretary to social reformers Sidney and Beatrice Webb 1892 - 1898. He wassecretary of the London Reform Union 1899 - 1918 and secretary of the LondonLiberal Association, 1903 - 1905. During the war he was assistant secretaryto the Central Association of Volunteer Regiments.
He was editor of The Weekly Organ The Volunteer Gazette and editor of theMunicipal Journal 1918 - 1920.
His publications include:
- Select documents illustrating the history of tradeunionism 1: the Tailoring Trade (1896)
- Workers on their Industries (1896)
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