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John Revans

John Revans

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John Revans was secretary to the English Poor Law Commission[1] and the Royal Commission on the Poorer Classes in Ireland 1833.[2] In 1836, he was appointed assistant commissioner of the Poor Laws.[3] In the 1840s he conducted an examination of the Chartist land settlements for the Poor Law Commissioners.[4]

He was described as a "Benthamite radical".[5]

Selected publications

  • Observations on the timber trade. Richardson, 1831.[6]
  • Remarks on the navigation laws. Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1831.
  • Evils of the state of Ireland, their causes, and their remedy; a poor law. 1836.[7][8]

References

  1. [1]
    "Selection of Reports and Papers of the House of Commons: Education; 1". 1836. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  2. [2]
    Houston, R. (2 July 2014). Peasant Petitions: Social Relations and Economic Life on Landed Estates ... - Rab Houston. ISBN 9781137394095. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Bulletins and Other State Intelligence". 1836. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  4. [4]
    Armytage, W.H.G., (1961) Heavens below: Utopian experiments in England 1560-1960. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1961. p. 232.
  5. [5]
    Cobden, Richard; Morgan, Simon (2007). The Letters of Richard Cobden: Volume III: 1854-1859 - Richard Cobden, Anthony Howe, Simon Morgan. ISBN 9780199211975. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  6. [6]
    "The Westminster Review". 1837. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  7. [7]
    The Metropolitan. James Cochrane. 1836. p. 15. Retrieved 25 November 2015 – via Internet Archive.
  8. [8]
    Ciosáin, Niall (February 2014). Ireland in Official Print Culture, 1800-1850: A New Reading of the Poor Inquiry - Niall Ó Ciosáin. OUP Oxford. ISBN 9780199679386. Retrieved 25 November 2015.


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