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Henry Fielding (22 April 1707 – 8 October 1754) was an English writer and magistrate known for the use of humour and satire in his works. His 1749 comic novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling was a seminal work in the genre.
Nov 6, 2020 · London's First Police Force Was Established by Novelist Henry Fielding and His Brother. In 1749, Henry Fielding devised a plan for the Bow Street Runners, a group of men given permission to confront suspected criminals. November 6, 2020 By Olivia Rutigliano. MYSTERY/HISTORY.
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On this day, Henry Fielding, author of Tom Jones, is commissioned as justice of the peace for Westminster and Middlesex. In this role, he helped break up notorious criminal gangs. Fielding was born in April 1707 in Somerset, England, and attended Eton.
This essay considers Fielding’s multitalented work as moralist, justice, and min - isterial journalist in the context of moral panic about crime in mid-eighteenth-century London and assesses his contribution to its complex and contested reportage.
Feb 16, 2012 · This is the first intensive study of the Bow Street runners, a group of men established by Henry Fielding, in the middle of the eighteenth century with the financial support of the government to confront violent offenders on the streets and highways around London.
- J. M. Beattie
Jul 28, 2007 · The area of his responsibility covered some of the most notorious blackspots in the entire country, with a thriving criminal subculture and a pattern of unrest marked by frequent riots. In addition, Fielding did more than serve as a proactive Justice of the Peace in the capital.
Apr 18, 2024 · Together with his blind half brother, John Fielding, also a magistrate, he turned an office without honour into one of great dignity and importance and established a new tradition of justice and the suppression of crime in London.
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