The Autobiography of John Stuart Mill · Character
William Molesworth
Politician and editor of the Westminster Review, a fellow Philosophical Radical.
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Also known as Sir William Molesworth, Molesworth
First appearance: iii
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Proprietor of the Review; Mill had his complete confidence and later took over the Review from him.
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With John Stuart Mill (friendship): Molesworth was a fellow radical MP and friend who collaborated with Mill on political reforms. In VI: Proprietor of the Review; Mill had his complete confidence and later took over…
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