Captain Thomas Coram was an English sea captain and philanthropist who created the London Foundling Hospital in Lamb's Conduit Fields, Bloomsbury, to look after abandoned children on the streets of London. It is said to be the world's first incorporated charity.
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Cpt. Thomas Coram by William Nutter, 1796
43 Hatton Garden, former 1666 Foundling Hospital by Christopher Wren, now known as Wren House
Statue of Thomas Coram, Brunswick Square, London by William McMillan, 1963
Thomas Coram's memorial in St Andrew's Holborn; his remains were transferred here in the 1950s
Statues above the side door of St Andrew's Holborn; the same statues from the Foundling Hospital are located in Hatton GardenMusicians born in the 1660s 6
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Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1668 to 1751 · aged 83
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