(1726–90), English philanthropist and prison reformer. His tour of British prisons in 1773 culminated in two Acts of Parliament setting down sanitary standards; his work The State of Prisons in England and Wales (1777) gave further impetus to the movement for improvements in prisons.
Howard, John2
proper nounˈhaʊədˈhaʊərd
(born 1939), Australian Liberal statesman, prime minister 1996–2007 with a Liberal–National Party coalition; full name John Winston Howard.
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Howard, John1
proper nounˈhou-ərdˈhaʊərd
(1726–90), English philanthropist and prison reformer. His tour of British prisons in 1773 culminated in two Acts of Parliament setting down sanitary standards; his work The State of Prisons in England and Wales (1777) gave further impetus to the movement for improvements in prisons.
Howard, John2
proper nounˈhou-ərdˈhaʊərd
(born 1939), Australian Liberal statesman, prime minister 1996–2007 with a Liberal–National Party coalition; full name John Winston Howard.