William Godwin was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism and the first modern proponent of anarchism. Wikipedia
Born: March 3, 1756, Wisbech, United Kingdom
Died: April 7, 1836 (age 80 years), Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Spouse: Mary Jane Godwin (m. 1801–1836) and Mary Wollstonecraft (m. 1797–1797)
Children: Mary Shelley
Influenced by: Mary Wollstonecraft, Edmund Burke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and more
Grandchildren: Sir Percy Shelley, 3rd Baronet, William Shelley, and Clara Everina Shelley
Books
Enquiry Concerning Political Justice
1793
Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams
1794
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and Memoirs of the Author of Vindication of the Rights of Woman
1798
St. Leon: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century
1799
Lives of the Necromancers
1834
Fables, Ancient and Modern: Adapted for the Use of Children
1803