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Thomas Coram

From his Wikipedia entry: ‘Captain Thomas Coram (c. 1668 [Lyme Regis] – 29 March 1751) 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 … Continue reading

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