Samuel George Hobson
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1870 – 1940
Who was Samuel George Hobson?
Samuel George Hobson, often known as S. G. Hobson, was a theorist of guild socialism.
Born in Bessbrook, County Armagh, Hobson was given a Quaker education in Saffron Walden and then Sidcot, Somerset. Moving to Cardiff, he became an active socialist, joining first the Fabian Society and then becoming a founder member of the Independent Labour Party. He began writing for the ILP newspaper, Labour Leader, and in 1900 was elected to the Fabian Society's executive.
Hobson stood for the ILP in the 1895 general election at Bristol East, becoming a member of the Bristol Socialist Society for some years. In the 1906, he stood as an "independent Labour" candidate in Rochdale. By this point, he was keen to go beyond the Labour Party's Parliamentary activity and create an actual socialist society.
From 1906, Hobson developed a theory of a socialism based on guilds, a form of workers' self-management inspired by Mediaeval forms of organisation. He left the Fabians in 1910 and soon began writing for Alfred Richard Orage's magazine, The New Age.
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- Born
- Feb 4, 1870
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Lived in
- County Armagh
- Died
- Jan 4, 1940
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on July 23, 2013
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