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

This art work is in the style of Donald Rooum. He was the Anarchists' self-ef...

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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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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
Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda

Philosopher and sage. Born as Narendra Nath Datta in Calcutta. He became a disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahasa and travelled extensively, mainly to Britain and the U.S.A., promoting his religious be...

Person, Philosophy, Religion, India, USA

1 memorial
Evelyn Underhill

Evelyn Underhill

Christian mystic, novelist and pacifist. Born Wolverhampton. 1907 married the barrister Hubert Stuart Moore, whom she had known since childhood, with no issue. Died Hampstead.

Person, Education, Philosophy, Religion

1 memorial
Francis Hutcheson

Francis Hutcheson

Philosopher. Born Ulster of Scottish heritage. Studied in Glasgow. Best known for 'An Inquiry Into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue: In Two Treatises 1.Concerning Beauty, Order, Harmo...

Person, Philosophy, Ireland, Scotland

1 memorial
David Hume

David Hume

Born Berwickshire Scotland. Died Edinburgh.

Person, Philosophy, Scotland

2 memorials