William Thompson (1775 – 28 March 1833 Rosscarbery, Co. Cork) was an Irish political and philosophical writer and social reformer, developing from utilitarianism into an early critic of capitalist exploitation whose ideas influenced the Cooperative, Trade Union and Chartist movements as well as Karl Marx. Born into the Anglo-Irish Ascendancy of wealthy landowners and...
Date of birth:
- 1775
Date of death:
- 1833
