- Alfred Webb
Alfred Webb (1834 – 1908) was an Irish politician and
Member of Parliament for the West Waterford constituency (1890-1895) who played a role in every major nationalist organization from Butt’s Home Government Association to theUnited Irish League . Visiting India, he notably became the third non-Indian to preside over theIndian National Congress , at Madras in 1894.Webb was a supporter of
Anti-Caste , Britain's firstanti-racism journal which started in 1888. Researchers have reported [Dr Caroline Bressey, "Anti-Caste: Britain’s First Anti-racist Journal", synopsis on ESRC website (RES-000-22-0522) accessed at [http://www.esrc.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/Plain_English_Summaries/social_stability_exclusion/social_exclusion/index589.aspx?ComponentId=13749&SourcePageId=11719] July 26, 2006] international collaboration between subscribers and other activists. For example, although he was not a regular subscriber,Dadabhai Naoroji co-signed a letter with Webb and others to request support for a new association: ‘The Society for the Furtherance of Human Brotherhood’.ee also
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Catherine Impey
*William Wedderburn Notes
Further reading
* Legg, Mary-Louise "Alfred Webb: the Autobiography of a Quaker Nationalist", Cork University Press, 1999 ISBN 1-85918-202-X (See also information from publishers accessed at [http://www.corkuniversitypress.com/epages/corkuniversitypress.storefront/44c792cc00c4432c273fc0a8029606bf/Product/View/185918202X/185918202X] July 26, 2006)
External links
* Brief details on Congress Sandesh website accessed at [http://www.congresssandesh.com/AICC/pastpresidents.htm] July 26, 2006
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