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14 mar 2024 · John Howard (born Sept. 2, 1726, Hackney, London, Eng.?—died Jan. 20, 1790, Kherson, Ukraine, Russian Empire [now in Ukraine]) was an English philanthropist and reformer in the fields of penology and public health.
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In 1774 his evidence to a House of Commons committee led to two Acts which aimed to improve conditions in gaols. His published writings on the subject were widely read and his detailed accounts of inhumane conditions caused dismay. He advocated a system of state-controlled prisons in which the regime was tough, but the environment healthy. In 1779 ...
Though the plans set out in the Penitentiary Act were never carried out, Howard's ideas and proposals were taken up by others. In 1785 Sir George Onesiphorus Paul, a Gloucestershire gentleman and magistrate, secured an Act of Parliament for building a new gaol at Gloucester. The completed prison building was regarded as a model of its kind, incorpo...
Over the next 40 years similar initiatives were pursued in many other counties. Local Acts of Parliament were obtained allowing magistrates to build imposing new prisons in their respective counties.
References. Further reading. External links. John Howard (prison reformer) John Howard FRS (2 September 1726 – 20 January 1790) was a philanthropist and early English prison reformer . John Howard (1789) by Mather Brown. Birth and early life. A picture published in 1826, supposedly of the house where Howard was born.
In The Curious Mr Howard (Waterside, 2011), Tessa West takes a fresh look at one. of the most revered figures of his day. Indeed, one of the challenges in writing a new biography of John Howard, often known as the father of prison reform, is to separate out the praise of his early admirers from the realities of his life. As a.
10.3928/0279-3695-19990801-17. John Howard was an 18th-century English philanthropist who made significant contributions in prison reform. Despite personal tragedy and an oppositional social climate, he became an early promoter of humane treatment for prisoners.
- Eric A Lasure
- 1999
John Howard, England's Great Prison Reformer: His Glimpse Into Hell Leonard H. Roberts Abstract In 1 773 an obscure English country squire named John Howard was appointed honorary sheriff of Bedford-shire, England Part of his responsibilities was to inspect the local county jail What he saw shocked him . For the
John Howard (September 2, 1726 – January 20, 1790) was a British philanthropist and prison reformer. Born into a wealthy family and inheriting considerable fortune, Howard traveled widely. His experience of prison awakened in him a vocation for service, and a subsequent religious experience led him to determine to make an important ...
