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Hubert Bland
1855Jan, 3

Hubert Bland

Hubert Bland, English businessman (d. 1914)
Hubert Bland (3 January 1855 – 14 April 1914) was an English author and the husband of Edith Nesbit. He was known for being an infamous libertine, a journalist, an early English socialist, and one of the founders of the Fabian Society.

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  • 22Feb

    State College, Pennsylvania

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    William Walker (filibuster)

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  • 4Jul

    Leaves of Grass

    The first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, Leaves of Grass, is published In Brooklyn.
  • 16Nov

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