William Godwin

1756 - 1836

About the Author

William Godwin (1757-1836) was an English radical political philosopher and novelist. He was married to Mary Wollstonecraft. [The image comes from “The Warren J. Samuels Portrait Collection at Duke University.”]

In The Library:

• author: An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, in 2 vols. (1793)
• author: An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, Vol. I. (1793)
• author: An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, Vol. II. (1793)
• author: Of Population. An Enquiry concerning the Power of Increase in the Numbers of Mankind (1820)