Person    | Male  Born 3/3/1756  Died 7/4/1836

William Godwin

Categories: Philosophy

Founder of philosophical anarchism. Husband of Mary Wollstonecraft, father of Mary Shelley.

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William Godwin

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Anarchists

{Plaque near the entrance to the alley:} This project was carried out with Fr...

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Somers Town Mural

This mural was commissioned by the GLC in 1980 and moved to this site by St P...

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South Place Ethical Society / Conway Hall Ethical Society

South Place Ethical Society / Conway Hall Ethical Society

Possibly the oldest surviving free thought organisation in the world, and the only remaining Ethical society in the UK. Originated as a religious group, allied to the Baptists. By 1793 they had the...

Group, Community / Clubs, Philosophy, Religion

1 memorial
Karl Marx

Karl Marx

Born Trier, Germany (then Prussia). Died Maitland Park Road, Hampstead.  Lived briefly in Brussels. From the Institute for Fiscal Studies: "Marx lived for a time after arriving in London in 1849 a...

Person, Philosophy, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, Germany

5 memorials
Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft

Writer, philosopher and feminist before her time. Born Primrose Street, Spitalfields. Her radical book "Vindication of the Rights of Woman" (1792) in which she described marriage as "legal prostitu...

Person, Education, Gender Issues, Philosophy, Seriously Famous, Denmark, France, Norway, Sweden

10 memorials
Saint Augustine

Saint Augustine

Theologian and philosopher. Born in Thagaste (now Souk Ahras), Algeria. He was brought up as a Christian by his mother, Saint Augustine. He travelled to teach in Rome and Milan. Created Bishop of H...

Person, Philosophy, Religion, Africa, Italy

1 memorial