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William Godwin (1756-1836) was a English philosopher, novelist, and father of Mary Shelley.

Short Biography:

His Enquiry concerning Political Justice 1793 advocated an anarchic society based on a faith in people's essential rationality.

At first a Nonconformist minister, he later became an atheist. His first wife was Mary Woltstonecraft.

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Tags: novelist, journalist, minister, atheist

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