Matthew Davenport Hill

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Matthew Davenport Hill was a 19th-century English lawyer, penologist, and social reformer known for his influential work on criminal justice and prison reform.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English person
human
penologist
social reformer
birthDate 1792-08-06
child Florence Davenport Hill NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
deathDate 1872-06-07
describedBySource 19th-century legal and penal reform literature
educatedAt King Edward VI School, Birmingham NERFINISHED
endTime 1866
familyName Hill NERFINISHED
father Thomas Wright Hill NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork criminal justice reform
criminal law
penology
prison reform
gender male
givenName Matthew NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
mother Sarah Lea Hill NERFINISHED
movement prison reform movement NERFINISHED
social reform movement
nativeLanguage English
notableFor influential work on criminal justice and prison reform
notableIdea conditional liberation of prisoners
indeterminate sentencing
preventive and reformatory justice
rehabilitation of offenders
notableWork Crime: Its Amount, Causes, and Remedies NERFINISHED
Papers on the Penal Servitude Acts NERFINISHED
Suggestions for the Repression of Crime NERFINISHED
occupation Recorder
barrister
placeOfBirth Birmingham NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Stapleton NERFINISHED
positionHeld Recorder of Birmingham NERFINISHED
religion Unitarianism
sibling Edwin Hill NERFINISHED
Rowland Hill NERFINISHED
spouse Margaret Bucknall NERFINISHED
startTime 1839
workLocation Birmingham NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London

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Rowland Hill sibling Matthew Davenport Hill