[Ads-l] Antedating of "Fabian"

[Shapiro, Fred]

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Fabian (OED, adj.. 2.b., 1884 [March])

1884 (4 Jan.) in Edward R. Pease The Hiistory of the Fabian Society (1916)

Meeting held at 17 Osnaburgh Street, on Friday, 4th January, 1884. ... Resolution I — That the Society be called the Fabian Society (as Mr. Podmore explained in allusion to the victorious policy of Fabius Cunctator) was carred by 9 votes to 2.

Fred Shapiro

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