Male : Political thinker, Biographer, Journalist & Novelist. Married Mary Wollstencraft who died giving birth to Mary (Shelley's 2nd wife). With his second wife Mary Jane Clairmont (1766-1841) they published childrens books (from 1805), esp by the Lambs. Became bankrupt 1822

Nationality : English Place of Birth : Wisbech, Cambridgeshire

Date of Birth : 1756 Date of Death : 1836 Age : 80

Pseudonyms : Theophilus Marcliffe. Edward Baldwin

Other Work : Clergyman

Education : Hoxton Academy (trained for the Dissenting Ministry)

1783-1790
Life of Chatham (1783)
The History of the Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham (1783 for Author, Kearsley, London) - Anon
The History of the Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham (1783 Potts, Wilson, Dublin)
Sketches of History (1784)

1791-1795
An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice & its Influence on General Virtue & Happiness
(1793 Robinson) (1796 Robinson, London - 2nd Corrected Ed) - 2 vols
Things as They Are, or The Adventures of Caleb Williams
(1794 for B Crosby, London) (1796 Robinson. 2nd Ed) - 3 vols
[A propagandist novel involving detective fiction, often considered the
first detective book of fiction]

1796-1800
An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice & its Influence on Morals & Happiness
(1796 Bloren & Madan, Phila)
Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
(1796 for J Johnson, London) - 2nd Corrected Ed
The Enquirer : Reflections on Education, Manners & Literature - in a Series of Essays
(1797 Robinson, London)
(Trans) Memoirs of the Life of Simon Lord Lovat, Written by Himself
(1797 for George Nicol)
Offered in 1999 for £300
Memoirs of the Author of a "Vindication of The Rights of Woman" (1798 Robinson, London)
St Leon : A Tale of the 16thC (1799) - 3 vols (1800 Robinson. 2nd Ed. - 4 vols)
Offered in 1999 for £450
Antonio : A Play (1800)

1801-1805
Life of Geoffrey Chaucer (1803 for Richard Phillips) - 2 vols (1804. 2nd Ed - 4 vols)
The Looking Glass : A True History of the Early Years of an Artist, William Mulready
(1805 for T Hodgkins, London) - by Theophilus Marcliffe
[A copy sold at auction in 2004 for £1645]
Fables Ancient and Modern (1805 Thomas Hodgkins) - by Edward Baldwin. 2 vols
Fleetwood, or the New Man of Feeling (1805 Richard Phillips, London) - 3 vols (1805 Riley, NY - 2 vols)

1806-1810
History of England, for the Use of Schools and Young Persons (1806) - by Baldwin
Life of Lady Jane Grey (1806) - Theophilus Marcliffe
Faulkener : A Play (1807)
An Essay on Sepulchres (1808)
Dramas for Children (1808)
[Attributed to Godwin]
Essays on Sepulchres (1809 Wm Miller, London)
The Pantheon, or Ancient History of the Gods of Greece & Rome (1809 M J Godwin. 2nd Ed)
(1824 M J Godwin. 6th Ed)

1811-1820
Mylius's School Dictionary of the English Language (1813 M J Godwin. 5th Ed)
Lives of Edward and John Phillips (1815 Longman)
Mandeville : A Tale of the 17thC in England (1817 Constable) - 3 vols
Offered in 1999 for £1100
Letters of Advice to a Young American (1818 for M J Godwin, London)
History of Rome for the Use of Schools & Young People (1819 for M J Godwin, London)
Of Population (1820)

1821-1840
History of the Commonwealth of England (1824-8 Colburn, London) - 4 vols
Cloudesly : A Tale (1830) (1830 J & J Harper, NY - 2 vols)
Thoughts on Man, his Nature, Productions & Discoveries (1831 Effingham Wilson)
The Adventures of Caleb Williams (1831 Colburn & Bentley, London "Standard Novels Series")
Deloraine (1833)
Lives of the Necromancers (1834 Frederick J Mason, London)
The Adventures of Caleb Williams (1838 for T Allman & C Daly, London)

After 1841
Essays (1873)
Memoirs of Mary Wollstonecraft (1927 Constable) - 700

READING
C Kegan Paul : William Godwin - His Friends and Contemporaries (1876 London) - 2 vols
George Woodcock : William Godwin - A Biographical Study (1946 London)
Rosalie Glynn Grylls : William Godwin and His World (1953 Odhams)