Throughout British history societies
have been formed to study further a particular topic or preserve a
particular custom or way of life. People, places, countryside, wildlife,
politics, art, science and culture all have groups working to enhance
their knowledge and preserve their history. Many societies will gladly
provide information or further reading lists.
The first major society in the world
was formed in the realm of King Charles the Second. The
Royal Society of London was set up to encourage study in the fields
of science and human understanding and has set a worthy precedent for
many other bodies since.
Blue plaques can be seen throughout
the Country, but especially in London linking a particular person
with a specific building or place.
There are several Societies covering
the Famous names in Britain
Unlimited. Websites for some of them are shown below. Where there
is a society for an individual the address is shown on the relevant
page under further information.
John Betjeman Society:
www.johnbetjeman.com/
The William Blake Society:
www.blakesociety.org.uk/
Bronte Parsonage Museum:
www.bronte.info/
John Buchan Society:
www.johnbuchansociety.co.uk/
The Burney Society:
dc37.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/burney/
Lewis Carroll Society:
lewiscarrollsociety.org.uk/
William Cobbett Society:
www.williamcobbett.org.uk/
Friends of Coleridge:
www.friendsofcoleridge.com/
Elizabeth Gaskell Society:
www.gaskellsociety.co.uk/
Graham Greene Birthplace
Trust: www.grahamgreenebt.org/
Jerome K Jerome Society:
www.jeromekjerome.com/
The Johnson Society of Lichfield:
www.lichfieldrambler.co.uk/
T.E. Lawrence Society:
http://telsociety.org.uk/telsociety/index.htm
Marlowe Society:
www.marlowe-society.org/
Sieggfried Sasoon Fellowship:
http://sassoonfellowship.org/siegfriedsassoonfellowship/id15.html
The Shaw Society: www.shawsociety.org.uk/
Robert Loius Stevenson Club:
www.rlsclub.org.uk/
Tolkien Society:
www.tolkiensociety.org/lub
H.G. Wells Society:
www.hgwellsusa.50megs.com/
Oscar Wilde Society:
www.oscarwildesociety.co.uk/
Virginia Woolf Society:
www.virginiawoolfsociety.co.uk/index.html
Wordsworth Trust:
www.wordsworth.org.uk/
