Joseph Townsend

British medical doctor, geologist and vicar (1739-1816) · Doctors · Died at 77

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.

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