George Woodcock
George Woodcock Born May 8, 1912 Winnipeg, Canada Died January 28, 1995 Vancouver, Canada Language English Nationality Canadian Genre Political biography, critical essays Subject Anarchism Relatives Arthur Woodcock (father) Margaret Gertrude Lewis (mother) George Woodcock (/ˈwʊdˌkɑːk/; May 8, 1912 – January 28, 1995) was a Canadian writer of political biography and history, an anarchist thinker, 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 of Canada for his book Anarchism: A History of Libertarian Ideas and Movements (1962).