The Pedants' Society

Fellow No. 00072

Prof. Herbert Allen

Admitted November 1874 · Life

Resigned the Chair of the Standing Committee on Hyphenation in 1898, citing exhaustion. The Committee was thereafter unable to elect a replacement, the candidates disagreeing on the hyphenation of "co-Chair".

Struck Off, December 1896. Reason: capitalisation of 'The' in proper nouns where it did not belong.
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