Founder of philosophical anarchism. Husband of Mary Wollstonecraft, father of Mary Shelley.
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William Godwin
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Anarchists
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Somers Town Mural
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Jeremy Bentham
Born Spitalfields. A child prodigy, Bentham went to Oxford University aged 12. He chose not to practice law but to comment on it, institutions and society in general. He is associated with the doct...
3 memorials
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...
1 memorial
2 memorials
John Locke
Philosopher. Born Somerset. Wrote 'An Essay Concerning Human Understanding' and 'Two Treatises of Government'. 1693 wrote 'Some Thoughts Concerning Education' saying "I think I may say that of al...
3 memorials
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosopher. Born Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein in Neuwaldeggerstrasse, Neuwaldegg, Vienna, into a very wealthy Jewish international family, but brought up a Catholic. Initially he studied mecha...
1 memorial