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Fabian Society

British socialist organisation founded in 1884
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Summary

Fabian Society is a think tank[1]. It ranks in the top 0.48% of think tank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,441 views/month, #1 of 207).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United Kingdom[3]
  • Founder: Edith Nesbit[4], Hubert Bland[5]
  • Named after: Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus[6]
  • Headquarters location: London[7]
  • Commons category: Fabian Society[8]
  • Archives at: LSE Library Archives and Special Collections[9]
  • Inception: January 4, 1884[10]
  • Official website: http://www.fabians.org.uk[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Fabian Society[12]
  • Described by source: Encyclopedia of Political Theory[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16], New International Encyclopedia[17]
  • Affiliation: Labour Party[18]
  • Native label: Fabian Society[19]
  • Member category: Category:Members of the Fabian Society[20]
  • Social media followers: 53,962[21], 52,466[22], 56,306[23], 56,907[24]

Why It Matters

Fabian Society has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Related Entities

Annie Besant Beatrice Webb Edith Nesbit Emmeline Pankhurst H. G. Wells Jawaharlal Nehru London Mohammad Ali Jinnah Oswald Mosley Patrick Blackett Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Stafford Cripps United Kingdom Yvette Cooper

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . edithnesbit.co.uk. Retrieved . edithnesbit.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . edithnesbit.co.uk. Retrieved . edithnesbit.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved . archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → fabian-society-great-britain
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  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → nGW6t
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  3. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Encyclopedia of Political Theory, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +2
    Country → —
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    Affiliation → Labour Party
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