John Howard
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John Howard was an 18th-century English philanthropist and prison reformer renowned for his pioneering efforts to improve conditions in jails and promote humanitarian penal reforms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Howard canonical | 4 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ prison reformer ⓘ social reformer ⓘ |
| activeYearsEndYear | 1790 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStartYear | 1770 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | typhus ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
monuments in various British towns
ⓘ
statue in St Paul’s Cathedral ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1726-09-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1790-01-20 ⓘ |
| describedBySource | The State of the Prisons in England and Wales ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Howard ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
penology
ⓘ
public health ⓘ social reform ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | figure of national historical importance in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasPart | Howard League for Penal Reform (named in his honour) ⓘ |
| influenced |
Elizabeth Fry
ⓘ
penal reform movements in Europe ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocating sanitary reforms in jails
ⓘ
campaigning for more humane prison conditions ⓘ influencing 18th-century penal reform legislation in Britain ⓘ inspecting prisons across Europe ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | disease ⓘ |
| movement |
penal reform
ⓘ
prison reform ⓘ |
| notableWork | The State of the Prisons in England and Wales ⓘ |
| occupation |
philanthropist
ⓘ
prison reformer ⓘ social activist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
England
ⓘ
London Borough of Hackney ⓘ
surface form:
Hackney
Middlesex, England ⓘ
surface form:
Middlesex
|
| placeOfDeath |
Kherson
ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ |
| positionHeld | High Sheriff of Bedfordshire ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Protestantism ⓘ |
| residence | Bedfordshire ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| startTime | 1773 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: John Howard Description of subject: John Howard was an 18th-century English philanthropist and prison reformer renowned for his pioneering efforts to improve conditions in jails and promote humanitarian penal reforms.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Howard League for Penal Reform