John Howard (born Sept. 2, 1726, Hackney, London, Eng.?—died Jan. 20, 1790, Kherson, Ukraine, Russian Empire [now in Ukraine]) was an English philanthropist and reformer in the fields of penology and public health. More @Wikipedia
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