John Howard was recognized as a scientist in the course of the nineteenth-century development of social science.

Biographers of prison reformer John Howard have alternately obscured and highlighted Howard’s religious zeal.

John Howard was an extraordinary man. He has been wrapped within a conventional cultural story of the heroic, solitary individual.

Different memorials to John Howard about Kherson in present-day Ukraine have been confused. Here’s plausibly sifted facts from English-language sources.

In 1929, a local historian in Kherson preserved folk stories about Howard’s murder near Kherson in 1790.

While Howard’s friends noted that he tended to be serious and not attracted to social gatherings, Howard greatly enjoyed women’s company.

John Howard, famous as a prison reformer, had keen appreciation for applied theater. He frequently passed as a doctor when he traveled abroad.

Anecdotes of the Life and Character of John Howard is a credible source on Howard.