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
- ^ "Selection of Reports and Papers of the House of Commons: Education; 1". 1836. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ Houston, R. (2 July 2014). Peasant Petitions: Social Relations and Economic Life on Landed Estates ... - Rab Houston. ISBN 9781137394095. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ "Bulletins and Other State Intelligence". 1836. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ Armytage, W.H.G., (1961) Heavens below: Utopian experiments in England 1560-1960. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1961. p. 232.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "The Westminster Review". 1837. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ The Metropolitan. James Cochrane. 1836. p. 15. Retrieved 25 November 2015 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Ciosáin, Niall (February 2014). Ireland in Official Print Culture, 1800-1850: A New Reading of the Poor Inquiry - Niall Ó Ciosáin. ISBN 9780199679386. Retrieved 25 November 2015.