George Woodcock

George Woodcock
Born(1912-05-08)May 8, 1912
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
DiedJanuary 28, 1995(1995-01-28) (aged 82)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
LanguageEnglish
GenrePolitical biography, critical essays
SubjectAnarchism
ParentsArthur Woodcock (father)
Margaret Gertrude Lewis (mother)

George Woodcock (May 8, 1912 – January 28, 1995) was a Canadian writer of political biography and history, an anarchist thinker, a philosopher, an essayist and literary critic. He was also a poet and published several volumes of travel writing. In 1959 he was the founding editor of the journal Canadian Literature which was the first academic journal specifically dedicated to Canadian writing. He is most commonly known outside Canada for his book Anarchism: A History of Libertarian Ideas and Movements (1962).