# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-woodcock
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:20:17.974Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/george-woodcock"
name: "George Woodcock"
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description: "George Woodcock 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)."
tagline: "Canadian writer of political biography and history, an anarchist thinker, an essayist and literary critic (1912-1995)"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1912-05-08"
deathDate: "1995-01-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump