The Pedants' Society

Fellow No. 00069

Prof. Herbert Allen

Admitted November 1874 · Life

Opposed the penny post on the ground that cheap postage would multiply error faster than the Society could correct it. The archive marks the prediction "vindicated".

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

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