John Howard (prison reformer)

John Howard
John Howard (1789) by Mather Brown
High Sheriff of Bedfordshire
In office
1773–1774
Personal details
Born(1726-09-02)2 September 1726
London, England
Died20 January 1790(1790-01-20) (aged 63)
Kherson, Ukraine, former Russian Empire
Spouse(s)Sarah Loidore (d. 1750s)
Henrietta Leeds
(m. 1758; died 1765)
Children1

John Howard FRS (2 September 1726 – 20 January 1790) was a philanthropist and early English prison reformer.