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Ernest Belfort Bax
1854–1926
A restless Victorian radical, barrister, and prolific man of letters, he wrote on socialism, philosophy, history, and politics with unusual range. His work offers a vivid glimpse into the arguments and ideals shaping British radical thought in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
3 Audiobooks
The Fraud of Feminism
by Ernest Belfort Bax
German Culture Past and Present
by Ernest Belfort Bax
German Society at the Close of the Middle Ages
by Ernest Belfort Bax
About the author
Born in Leamington Spa on July 23, 1854, Ernest Belfort Bax became known as an English barrister, journalist, philosopher, historian, and socialist writer. He studied in Germany as a young man, an experience that helped shape the philosophical interests that ran through both his political writing and his historical work.
Bax was active in early British socialist politics and was associated with the Social Democratic Federation; he also helped found the Socialist League alongside William Morris before later returning to the SDF. Alongside journalism and political activism, he published many books, including works on the French Revolution and his own memoir, Reminiscences and Reflexions of a Mid and Late Victorian.
He died on November 26, 1926. Though he is less widely read now than some of his contemporaries, he remains an interesting figure for listeners curious about the intellectual world of Victorian and Edwardian socialism, and about the overlap between political theory, history, and public debate.