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]

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