Apostles (Cambridge literary society)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Apostles_(Cambridge_literary_society)

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:student_organization secret society
gptkbp:admission	invitation and vote
gptkbp:affiliation	gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Cambridge_Apostles
gptkbp:foundedIn	1820
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:George_Tomlinson
gptkbp:gender	originally male-only admitted women since 1979
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Apostles (Cambridge literary society)
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Bloomsbury_Group British intellectual life
gptkbp:location	gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:meetingDay	Saturday
gptkbp:meetingFrequency	weekly
gptkbp:meetingPlace	various rooms at Cambridge
gptkbp:membership	by invitation
gptkbp:membershipLimit	12
gptkbp:notableEvent	association with Cambridge Five spy ring influence on analytic philosophy debates on philosophy and ethics influence on British art influence on British culture influence on British history influence on British literature influence on British politics influence on British socialism
gptkbp:notableFor	influence on philosophy, literature, and politics
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Anthony_Blunt gptkb:Bertrand_Russell gptkb:E._M._Forster gptkb:Eric_Hobsbawm gptkb:G._E._Moore gptkb:Guy_Burgess gptkb:James_Klugmann gptkb:John_Maynard_Keynes gptkb:Leonard_Woolf gptkb:Ludwig_Wittgenstein gptkb:Lytton_Strachey gptkb:Michael_Straight gptkb:Roger_Fry gptkb:Rupert_Brooke
gptkbp:purpose	discussion of intellectual topics
gptkbp:tradition	members called 'Apostles' meetings called 'meetings' members called 'angels' after leaving
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Alfred_Lord_Tennyson
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6