Editing Jonas Hanway (section)

{{short description|English traveller and philanthropist (1712–1786)}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Jonas Hanway
| honorific_suffix   = FRSA
| image              = Jonas Hanway by James Northcote.jpg
| caption            = Portrait of Jonas Hanway by [[James Northcote (painter)|James Northcote]], {{circa|1785}}
| birth_date         = 12 August 1712
| birth_place        = [[Portsmouth]]
| death_date         = {{death-date and age|5 September 1786|12 August 1712}}
| death_place        = [[London]]
| occupation         = Philanthropist, traveller
}}

'''Jonas Hanway''' [[Royal Society of Arts|FRSA]] (12 August 1712 – 5 September 1786), was a British [[philanthropist]], polemicist, merchant and [[Explorer|traveller]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Trueman Wood |first=Henry |title=A History of the Royal Society of Arts |publisher=John Murray |year=1913 |location=London}}</ref> He was the first male Londoner to carry an [[umbrella]] and was a noted opponent of [[tea]] drinking.

Hanway created seventy-four printed works, mostly pamphlets, on a wide variety of subjects. Of literary importance is the ''Historical Account of British Trade over the Caspian Sea, with a Journal of Travels, etc.'' (London, 1753).{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} He is also cited frequently for his work with the [[Foundling Hospital]] in London, particularly his pamphlets detailing the earliest comparative "histories" of the foundation versus similar institutions abroad.<ref>{{Cite book|title = A Candid Historical Account of the Hospital For the Reception of Exposed and Deserted Young Children; representing The present Plan of it as productive of many Evils, and not adapted to the Genius and Happiness of this Nation|last = Hanway|first = Jonas|year = 1759|location = London}}</ref>