See also:

• SIDNEY
• SIDNEY (or SYDNEY), ALGERNON (1622-1683)
• SIDNEY, SIR HENRY (1529-1586)
• SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP (1554-1586)

SIDNEY See also:

• WEBB, MATTHEW (1848-1883)
• SIDNEY WEBB (1859– )

WEBB (1859– )  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English socialist and author, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 13th of See also:

• JULY

July 1859 . He was educated at private See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools in London and See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland, at the See also:

• BIRKBECK, GEORGE (1776-1841)

Birkbeck See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute and the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City of London See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College . From 1875 to '878 he was employed in a city See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, but he entered the See also:

• CIVIL

civil service by open competition as a clerk in the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War Office in '878, became ' See Leinendamastmuster See also:

• DES

des X VII. and X VIII . Jahrhunderts, Emil Kumsch (See also:

• DRESDEN

Dresden, 1891).surveyor of taxes in 1879, and in 1881 entered the colonial office, where he remained until 1891 . In 1885 he was called to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar at See also:

• GRAY
• GRAY (or GREY), WALTER DE (d. 1255)
• GRAY, ASA (1810-1888)
• GRAY, DAVID (1838-1861)
• GRAY, ELISHA (1835-1901)
• GRAY, HENRY PETERS (1819-18/7)
• GRAY, HORACE (1828–1902)
• GRAY, JOHN DE (d. 1214)
• GRAY, JOHN EDWARD (1800–1875)
• GRAY, PATRICK GRAY, 6TH BARON (d. 1612)
• GRAY, ROBERT (1809-1872)
• GRAY, SIR THOMAS (d. c. 1369)
• GRAY, THOMAS (1716-1771)

Gray's See also:

• INN

Inn . Mr See also:

• WEBB, MATTHEW (1848-1883)
• WEBB, SIDNEY (1859– )

Webb was one of the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early members of the See also:

• FABIAN [FABIANUS], SAINT (d. 250)

Fabian Society, contributing to Fabian Essays (1889); and he became well-known as a socialist, both by his speeches and his writings . He entered the London See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

County See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council in 1892 as member for See also:

• DEPTFORD

Deptford, and was returned at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the See also:

• POLL

poll in the successive elections of 1895, 1898, 19o1 and 1904 . He resigned from the civil service in 1891 to give his whole See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to the See also:

• WORK

work of the Council (where he was chairman of the Technical See also:

• EDUCATION

Education See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board) and to the study of See also:

• ECONOMICS

economics . He served from 1903 to 1906 on the Royal See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

Commission on See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

Trade See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law and on other important commissions . He married in 1892 See also:

• MISS

Miss See also:

• BEATRICE

Beatrice See also:

• POTTER, ALONZO (1800-1865)
• POTTER, HENRY CODMAN (1835–1908)
• POTTER, J
• POTTER, JOHN (c. 1674-1747)
• POTTER, PAUL (1625—1654)
• POTTER, PHILIP CIPRIANI HAMBLEY (1792—1871)

Potter, herself a writer on economics and See also:

• SOCIOLOGY

sociology, the author of The Co-operative See also:

• MOVEMENT

Movement in See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain (1891) and a contributor to See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• BOOTH (connected with a Teutonic root meaning to dwell, whence also " bower ")
• BOOTH, BARTON (1681–1933)
• BOOTH, CHARLES (184o– )
• BOOTH, EDWIN [THOMAS] (1833–1893)

Booth's See also:

• LIFE

Life and Labour of the See also:

• PEOPLE

People (1891-1903) . His most important See also:

• WORKS

works are: a number of Fabian tracts; London Education (1904); The Eight See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

Hours See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

Day (1891), in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with Harold See also:

• COX, DAVID (1783-1859)
• COX, JACOB DOLSON (1828-1900)
• COX, KENYON (1856– )
• COX, RICHARD (I3oo ?–1581)
• COX, SAMUEL (1826–1893)
• COX, SAMUEL HANSON (1793-1880)
• COX, SIR GEORGE WILLIAM (1827-1902)

Cox; and, with Mrs See also:

• SIDNEY
• SIDNEY (or SYDNEY), ALGERNON (1622-1683)
• SIDNEY, SIR HENRY (1529-1586)
• SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP (1554-1586)

Sidney Webb, The Histpry of Trade Unionism (1894, new ed . 1902), See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

Industrial See also:

• DEMOCRACY (Gr. 3np.oKparia, from S)µos, the people, i.e. the commons, and Kparos, rule)

Democracy (1897, new ed .

1902), Problems of See also:

• MODERN

Modern See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

Industry (1898), See also:

• HISTORY

History of Liquor Licensing (1903), English See also:

• LOCAL

Local See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

Government (1906), &c . Mrs Webb was a member of the Royal Commission on the Poor Law, and she and her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband were responsible for the Minority See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

Report (see PooR LAW) and for starting the widespread movement in its favour .