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Hubert Bland (3 January 1855 – 14 April 1914) was an English author. He was known for being an infamous libertine, a journalist, an early English socialist, and one of the founders of the Fabian Society. He was the husband of Edith Nesbit.
Hubert Bland, youngest of the four children of Henry Bland, a successful commercial clerk, was born in Woolwich, London, on 3rd January, 1855. He was educated at various local schools, and from an early age showed a strong interest in politics.
Oct 8, 2019 · Nesbit co-founded the society in 1884, along with half a dozen other contrarian idealists, including her sexist, womanizing, monocle-sporting husband, Hubert Bland.
Who was Hubert Bland? Hubert Bland was an early English socialist and one of the founders of the Fabian Society. Bland was born in Woolwich, south-east London, the youngest of the four children of Henry Bland, a successful commercial clerk, and his wife Mary Ann.
Hubert Bland and Edith Nesbit married in 1880. They worked together on a novel The Prophet's Mantle published in 1885. This was their only joint book but Hubert went on to become a book reviewer, founder member, together with Edith, of the Fabian Society and 'Hubert' of the Manchester Sunday Chronicle .
Hubert Bland, Governor 1901-1914 Bland (1855-1914) was a journalist and one of the founders of the Fabian Society, acting as Treasurer from 1884-1911. In 1880 he married the writer Enid Nesbit famous for her children’s novels.
EN first met Hubert Bland in 1877. He was a good-looking political and intellectual idealist, and a womaniser. Born to a working-class family in Woolwich, he was running a business and had hopes of...