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About Joseph Townsend
Joseph Townsend was a British medical doctor, geologist and rector 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 state provision, either outdoor or otherwise.
Everything about Joseph Townsend →- Occupation
- theologian, mineralogist, geologist, botanist
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- April 4, 1739, 1739
- Died
- November 9, 1816, 1816