George Bernard Shaw
1856 – 1950 Irish Playwright, critic, Fabian socialist, co-founder of the LSE
Playwright and leading Fabian who helped found the LSE and won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
- Religion
- Raised Irish Protestant; later a professed unbeliever
- Affiliations
- Fabian Society; co-founder of the London School of Economics; Nobel laureate in Literature.
George Bernard Shaw was one of the most celebrated playwrights of his age and a committed Fabian socialist. He joined the Fabian Society in 1884, wrote many of its tracts, and was among the founders of the London School of Economics in 1895. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925. In later years his praise of Soviet and other authoritarian leaders, and his provocative political statements, drew lasting criticism.
Connections
- associate of Beatrice Webb — Fellow Fabian and co-founder of the LSE.
- associate of Beatrice Webb — Fellow Fabian and friend.
- associate of Graham Wallas — Fellow Fabian and co-founder of the LSE.
- associate of Sidney Webb — Close Fabian collaborator and co-founder of the LSE.
- associate of Sidney Webb — Fellow Fabian and co-founder of the LSE.
In the timeline
- 1895 Founding of the London School of Economics mentioned
- 1895 Fabian socialists found the London School of Economics co-founder
- 1920 George Bernard Shaw states the Fabian use of force central figure