In July 1890, Oscar Wilde called at the Whitefriars Club’s rooms at Anderton’s Hotel and had a long talk about Dorian Gray with Friar Sidney Low, then editor of the St James’s Gazette.
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The July 1906 Pilgrimage to Tennyson country was one of the most anticipated events of the year.
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Widely considered the father of science fiction, H.G. Wells (1866–1946) was an innovative and prolific writer across many genres. His most famous works – such as The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds – are considered modern classics.
Wells spoke at the Whitefriars Club on 31st January 1902 on the topic of ‘The Twenty-First Century’. He became a White Friar, and attended the dinner on 17th March 1905, taking part in the discussion. He was Prior of the Day on 8th November 1907, when the club guest was Sir Oliver Lodge.
