Inscription
LCC
John Howard, 1726 - 1790, prison reformer lived here.
Site: John Howard - WC1 (1 memorial)
WC1, Great Ormond Street, 23
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
John Howard - WC1
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John Howard
Prison reformer. Born Hackney. Travelled throughout the UK and then further a...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
John Howard - WC1
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London County Council
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