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GODWIN, William (1756-1836)

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Born: 1756

Died: 1836

Editorial Description

radical philosopher, novelist, theist; author of Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793) and Of Population in answer to Malthus (1820). (DNB and A144.)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

459.1 — 459.1 "Of Phrenology," in his Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries. London: Effingham Wilson, 1831, pp. 357-75. (Critical but not hostile; reflective rather than radical. A copy of the book was presented to ELLIOT- SON at a meeting of the LONDON PHREN SOC.)

Editorial Information

Identifier	459.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	154
Printed page	149
Database ID	1424

Original Transcription

459. GODWIN, William (1756-1836), radical philosopher, novelist,
theist; author of Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793) and
Of Population in answer to Malthus (1820). (DNB and A144.)