Gurney
JOSEPH JOHN, an English philanthropist; born in Earlham Hall, England, Aug. 2, 1788; became a Quaker clergyman. He was very active in prison reform, and was closely identified with Wilberforce and Clarkson in the anti-slavery movement. He was the author of "Notes on Prison Dicipline" (1819); "Evidences, Etc., of Christianity" (1827); etc. He died in Earlham, England, Jan. 4, 1847.