from Wichita, KS
Author
Joseph Townsend
ISBN #
0520017005
Author
Joseph Townsend
ISBN #
0520054660
Author
Joseph Townsend
ISBN #
0405011857
1739
Died:1816
Joseph Townsend " Joseph Townsend " ( April 4, 1739 – November 9, 1816 ) was a physician, geologist and vicar of Pewsey in Wiltshire, perhaps best known for his 1786 treatise " A Dissertation on the Poor Laws " in which he expounded a naturalistic theory of economics and opposed the provision of ' outdoor' relief to the able bodied poor under English Poor Laws thus anticipating the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
Educated at Cambridge, Townsend was ordained in the Church of England in 1763 and then studied Medicine at Edinburgh, he remained a practicising Anglican throughout his life, serving as the Rector of Pewsey from 1764 until his death....
Anglican