William Godwin

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Enlightenment philosopher anarchist thinker biographer human journalist novelist political philosopher

William Godwin was an English political philosopher, novelist, and radical thinker of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, best known for his pioneering anarchist ideas and works such as "An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice."

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instanceOf Enlightenment philosopher ⓘ
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birthDate 1756-03-03 ⓘ
birthPlace Cambridgeshire, England ⓘ
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Wisbech ⓘ
child Fanny Imlay ⓘ
Mary Shelley ⓘ
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deathDate 1836-04-07 ⓘ
deathPlace London, England ⓘ
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educatedAt Hoxton Academy ⓘ
era 18th century philosophy ⓘ
19th century philosophy ⓘ
genre gothic fiction ⓘ
novel ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
influenced Mary Shelley ⓘ
Mikhail Bakunin ⓘ
Percy Bysshe Shelley ⓘ
Peter Kropotkin ⓘ
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon ⓘ
Samuel Taylor Coleridge ⓘ
William Wordsworth ⓘ
influencedBy David Hume ⓘ
Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
John Locke ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of rationalism and individual judgment ⓘ
critique of government and political institutions ⓘ
pioneering anarchist political philosophy ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
laterViewOnReligion religious skepticism ⓘ
movement Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
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anarchism ⓘ
radicalism ⓘ
name William Godwin self-link ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
notableWork An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice ⓘ
Cloudesley ⓘ
Fleetwood ⓘ
Lives of the Necromancers ⓘ
Mandeville ⓘ
St. Leon ⓘ
Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams ⓘ
occupation bookseller ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
positionHeld dissenting minister ⓘ
religion Calvinism ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
spouse Mary Wollstonecraft ⓘ

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