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Born 1721 • London • England
Died September 4, 1780 (aged 59) • London • England
Subjects Of Study crime • delinquency
Sir Samuel Romilly
Sir Samuel Romilly
British lawyer
George III
George III
king of Great Britain
Charles James Fox
Charles James Fox
British politician
Robert Clive
Robert Clive
British colonial administrator
Charles Watson Wentworth, 2nd marquess of Rockingham
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd marquess of Rockingham
prime minister of Great Britain
Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope, pastel drawing by Ozias Humphry, 1796; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope
British politician and scientist
Sir Philip Francis, detail of an oil painting by J. Lonsdale; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Philip Francis
British politician
Eleanor Glueck
American criminologist
Sheldon Glueck
American criminologist
Franz Alexander
Hungarian physician and psychoanalyst
Lindsey, Ben B.
Ben B. Lindsey
American jurist
William Pitt the Younger
William Pitt, the Younger
prime minister of United Kingdom
William Pitt, the Elder
William Pitt, the Elder
prime minister of United Kingdom
Henry II and Thomas Becket
Henry II
king of England
Richard III
Richard III
king of England
John Wilkes, engraving from a manifesto commemorating his fight against general warrants and for the liberty of the press, 1768
John Wilkes
British journalist and politician
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
Irish statesman
John Closterman: portrait of John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough
John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough
English general
Moll Cutpurse
Moll Cutpurse
English criminal
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury
English politician [1621–1683]