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William Godwin, (born March 3, 1756, Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, Eng.—died April 7, 1836, London), social philosopher, political journalist, and religious dissenter who anticipated the English Romantic literary movement with his writings advancing atheism, anarchism, and personal freedom.

William Godwin (1756–1836) was the founder of philosophical anarchism. In his An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793) he argued that government is a corrupting force in society, perpetuating dependence and ignorance, but that it will be rendered increasingly unnecessary and powerless by the gradual spread of knowledge and the expansion ...

William Godwin (1756–1836) Following the publication of An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice in 1793 and his most successful novel, Caleb Williams, in 1794, William Godwin was briefly celebrated as the most influential English thinker of the age.

William Godwin (3 March 1756 – 7 April 1836) was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism, and one of the first modern proponents of philosophical anarchism.

William Godwin is a biography of the philosopher William Godwin (1756–1836) written by Peter Marshall and first published in 1984 by Yale University Press . Bibliography Bromwich, David (October 21, 1984). "Perfectibilitarian". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Chandler, James K. (1987). "Review of William Godwin".

William Godwin (3 March 1756 – 7 April 1836) was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism, and one of the first modern proponents of philosophical anarchism.

William Godwin, 1756 - 1836, political philosopher and novelist, husband of Mary Wollstonecraft, and father of Mary Shelley.

William Godwin was born 3 March 1756 in Cambridgeshire, England, and was educated, beginning in 1773, at Hoxton Academy, a liberal Presbyterian college in London. Though he was trained for a career as a dissenting minister, Godwin remained in that profession for less than four years, preaching in Ware, Stowmarket, and Beaconsfield.