How did Sidney Webb and Beatrice Potter first meet?

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Sidney Webb and Beatrice Potter first met in 1890. At the time, Beatrice Potter was moving toward a belief in socialism and had been deeply impressed by Sidney Webb’s contribution to the Fabian Essays in Socialism.12

Potter, who was researching the cooperative movement and the organizations created by the working class to address poverty, was advised to contact Webb because he was considered a "mine of information" regarding economic conditions. While Webb fell in love with her immediately, it took Potter longer to develop a romantic interest in him, though she already respected his reputation as a writer and lecturer on economics. The couple eventually married in 1892.21