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William Godwin - National Portrait Gallery, London, UK/ <a href='http://www.bridgeman.co.uk' target='_blank'>Bridgeman Art Library, London/New York</a>
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William Godwin

William Godwin (1756–1836), radical philospher and novelist, was an important figure in the transition from Enlightenment thinking to Romanticism during the early nineteenth century. He married Mary Wollstonecraft, who died shortly after giving birth to their daughter, the novelist Mary Shelley.

Author Image: William Godwin - National Portrait Gallery, London, UK/ Bridgeman Art Library, London/New York