John Howard (prison reformer)
John Howard | |
|---|---|
John Howard (1789) by Mather Brown | |
| High Sheriff of Bedfordshire | |
| In office 1773–1774 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 September 1726 London, England |
| Died | 20 January 1790 (aged 63) Kherson, Ukraine, former Russian Empire |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Loidore (d. 1750s) Henrietta Leeds
(m. 1758; died 1765) |
| Children | 1 |
John Howard FRS (2 September 1726 – 20 January 1790) was a philanthropist and early English prison reformer.