Prison reformer. Born Hackney. Travelled throughout the UK and then further afield investigating the state of welfare in prisons and doing what he could to improve it. Died in Kherson in the Ukraine of ‘gaol fever', a form of typhus. A monument was erected there to mark his life and achievements, and was renovated in 1990 to commemorate the bi-centenary of his death.
The Howard League for Penal Reform, the oldest penal reform organisation in the world, founded in 1866, was named for him.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Howard
John Howard, 1726 - 1790, pioneer prison reformer, author of 'The State of Pr...
Trustee of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.
A retirement village created with a bequest from William Whiteley. A charitable trust provides almshouses for people of limited financial means. From the Arts and Crafts Movement in Surrey: "The s...
Founded by Edward Alleyn as a school and almshouses. A chapel, a schoolhouse and twelve almshouses were built on Dulwich Green (see picture), and, extended and re-modelled, these buildings remain a...
Concerned for the poor of Lambeth and was a district visitor in 1864 trying to identify families in need. She organized a refuge for women and then started to prepare penny dinners. She also ran mo...
