Social philosopher. A "Philosophical Radical," he inter-wove a variety of themes: opposition to conservative institutions, utopianism, belief in human goodness, utilitarianism, and libertarianism verging on anarchism.
| 1759–1997 | Mary Wollstonecraft |
| 1759–1833 | William Wilberforce |
| 1703–1791 | John Wesley |
| 1759–1836 | Charles Simeon |
| 1743–1805 | William Paley |
| 1737–1809 | Thomas Paine |
| 1834–1896 | William Morris |
| 1689–1762 | Lady Mary Montagu |
| 1802–1876 | Harriet Martineau |
| 1766–1834 | Thomas Malthus |
| 1800–1859 | Thomas Macaulay |
| 1792–1866 | John Keble |
| 1795–1821 | John Keats |
| 1820–1903 | Herbert Spencer |
| 1832–1902 | G. A. Henty |
| 1804–1881 | Benjamin Disraeli |
| 1788–1824 | Lord George Byron |
| 1778–1840 | George Brummell |
| 1754–1825 | Thomas Bowdler |
| 1757–1827 | William Blake |
| 1775–1817 | Jane Austen |
| 1822–1888 | Matthew Arnold |
