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'''Fabian socialism''' is a type of [[socialism]] founded in 1884 in Britain. It sought use of the democratic framework to achieve gradual conversion to socialism.  This approach originated from the movement for utopian socialism.  Its nine<ref name="Story"/> founding members were Frank Podmore, Edward R. Pease, William Clarke, Hubert Bland,<ref name="McBriar">{{cite book|last1=McBriar|first1=Alan M.|title=Fabian Socialism and English Politics, 1884-1918|date=1962|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]}}</ref> Percival Chubb, Frederick Keddell,<ref name="Story">{{cite book|last1=Cole|first1=Margaret|title=The Story of Fabian Socialism|date=1961|publisher=[[Stanford University]] Press|isbn=978-1163700105}}</ref> Henry Hyde Champion,<ref name="Pease">{{cite book|last1=Pease|first1=Edward R.|title=The History of the Fabian Society|date=1916}}</ref>[[E. Nesbit|Edith Nesbit]],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Matthews|first1=Race|title=Australia's First Fabians: Middle-class Radicals, Labour Activists and the Early Labour Movement|date=1993|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]}}</ref> and Rosamund Dale Owen.<ref name="Story"/><ref name="McBriar"/>  Havelock Ellis is sometimes also mentioned as a tenth founding member, though there is some question about this.<ref name="Story" />

'''Fabian socialism''' is a type of [[socialism]] founded in 1884 in Britain. It sought use of the democratic framework to achieve gradual conversion to socialism.  This approach originated from the movement for utopian socialism.  Its nine<ref name="Story"/> founding members were Frank Podmore, Edward R. Pease, William Clarke, Hubert Bland,<ref name="McBriar">{{cite book|last1=McBriar|first1=Alan M.|title=Fabian Socialism and English Politics, 1884-1918|date=1962|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]}}</ref> Percival Chubb, Frederick Keddell,<ref name="Story">{{cite book|last1=Cole|first1=Margaret|title=The Story of Fabian Socialism|date=1961|publisher=[[Stanford University]] Press|isbn=978-1163700105}}</ref> Henry Hyde Champion,<ref name="Pease">{{cite book|last1=Pease|first1=Edward R.|title=The History of the Fabian Society|date=1916}}</ref>[[E. Nesbit|Edith Nesbit]],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Matthews|first1=Race|title=Australia's First Fabians: Middle-class Radicals, Labour Activists and the Early Labour Movement|date=1993|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]}}</ref> and Rosamund Dale Owen.<ref name="Story"/><ref name="McBriar"/>  Havelock Ellis is sometimes also mentioned as a tenth founding member, though there is some question about this.<ref name="Story" />

Important Fabians includes Beatrice and Sidney Webb, [[Annie Besant]], and [[Bertrand Russell]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carson |first1=Clarence B. |url=http://fee.org/freeman/detail/the-rise-and-fall-of-england-11-the-fabian-thrust-to-socialism |title=The Rise and Fall of England: 11. The Fabian Thrust to Socialism |work=[[The Freeman]] |date=January 1, 1969 }}</ref>

Important Fabians includes [[George Bernard Shaw]], Beatrice and Sidney Webb, [[Annie Besant]], and [[Bertrand Russell]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carson |first1=Clarence B. |url=http://fee.org/freeman/detail/the-rise-and-fall-of-england-11-the-fabian-thrust-to-socialism |title=The Rise and Fall of England: 11. The Fabian Thrust to Socialism |work=[[The Freeman]] |date=January 1, 1969 }}</ref>

The Fabians were influential in forming the ideas of the British [[Labour Party]].

The Fabians were influential in forming the ideas of the British [[Labour Party]].