First convention in 1891?

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From	Louis Epstein <le@top.put.com>
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Subject	First convention in 1891?
Date	Tue, 3 Oct 2017 01:00:59 +0000 (UTC)
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https://www.royalalberthall.com/about-the-hall/our-history/explore-our-history/time-machine/1800s/
claims "5-10 March 1891 The first sci-fi convention"
(an event I've never heard of before reading this today).

Did anyone who ever attended that event later go to what we now
recognize as a convention from 1936 onwards?

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