Godwin


Also, Godwine
[god-wi-nuh] /ˈgɒd wɪ nə/ (Show IPA). Earl of the West Saxons, died 1053, English statesman.
Gail, born 1937, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
Mary Wollstonecraft
[woo l-stuh n-kraft,, -krahft] /ˈwʊl stənˌkræft,, -ˌkrɑft/ (Show IPA), 1759–97, English writer.
her husband, William, 1756–1836, English political philosopher, novelist, and essayist.
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “good friend.”.
Contemporary Examples

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Historical Examples

William the Conqueror Jacob Abbott
Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle H. N. Brailsford
Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle H. N. Brailsford
Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle H. N. Brailsford
Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle H. N. Brailsford
Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle H. N. Brailsford
The Real Shelley, Vol. II (of 2) John Cordy Jeaffreson
Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle H. N. Brailsford
Anarchism Paul Eltzbacher

noun
died 1053, Earl of Wessex. He was chief adviser to Canute and Edward the Confessor. His son succeeded Edward to the throne as Harold II
Mary. See (Mary) Wollstonecraft
William. 1756–1836, British political philospher and novelist. In An Enquiry concerning Political Justice (1793), he rejected government and social institutions, including marriage. His views greatly influenced English romantic writers

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