Society for Pure English

The Society for Pure English was not a single writer but a literary society, founded in England in 1913. Reliable reference sources describe it as a reforming group created on the initiative of the poet Robert Bridges, later Poet Laureate, with support from writers and scholars interested in usage, style, and the future of English.

The society is best remembered for its pamphlets and tracts on language. Those publications explored questions of vocabulary, spelling, pronunciation, and style, and they reflect an early-20th-century belief that English could be improved through thoughtful public discussion.

Because this is a group rather than an individual author, a standard portrait image is not really applicable here. Figures connected with the society included Robert Bridges, Henry Bradley, and H. W. Fowler, but the name on the page refers to the organization itself.