What is William Godwin famous for?
William Godwin, (born March 3, 1756, Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, Eng. —died April 7, 1836, London), social philosopher, political journalist, and religious dissenter who anticipated the English Romantic literary movement with his writings advancing atheism, anarchism, and personal freedom. Who is William Godwin in Frankenstein? William Godwin, 1756-1836, political philosopher and novelist, husband of…