Jonas Hanway FRSA | |
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 Portrait of Jonas Hanway by James Northcote, c. 1785 | |
| Born | 12 August 1712 |
| Died | 5 September 1786 (aged 74) |
| Occupation(s) | Philanthropist, traveller |
Jonas Hanway FRSA (12 August 1712 – 5 September 1786), was a British philanthropist, polemicist, merchant and traveller.[1] He was the first male Londoner to carry an umbrella and was a noted opponent of tea drinking.
Hanway created seventy-four printed works, mostly pamphlets, on a wide variety of subjects. Of literary importance is the Historical Account of British Trade over the Caspian Sea, with a Journal of Travels, etc. (London, 1753).[2] He is also cited frequently for his work with the Foundling Hospital in London, particularly his pamphlets detailing the earliest comparative "histories" of the foundation versus similar institutions abroad.[3]
- ^ Trueman Wood, Henry (1913). A History of the Royal Society of Arts. London: John Murray.
- ^ Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Hanway, Jonas (1759). A Candid Historical Account of the Hospital For the Reception of Exposed and Deserted Young Children; representing The present Plan of it as productive of many Evils, and not adapted to the Genius and Happiness of this Nation. London.