- MOLESWORTH, SIR WILLIAM
- British statesman, born in London; was an advanced Liberal; editor and proprietor of the Westminster Review; edited the works of Hobbes (1810-1855).
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
MOLESWORTH, SIR WILLIAM
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