Thomas Coram

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Thomas Coram was an 18th-century English philanthropist best known for founding the Foundling Hospital in London to care for abandoned children.

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instanceOf human
social reformer
birthDate 1668-00-00
birthPlace Dorset NERFINISHED
England
Lyme Regis NERFINISHED
burialPlace Foundling Hospital chapel NERFINISHED
commemoratedBy statue outside Coram’s Fields, London
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1751-03-29
deathPlace Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London
era 18th century
ethnicGroup English
familyName Coram NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork child welfare
social reform
founded Foundling Hospital NERFINISHED
Foundling Hospital for the Maintenance and Education of Exposed and Deserted Young Children NERFINISHED
givenName Thomas NERFINISHED
hasCause concern for abandoned children in London
hasLegacy pioneering institutional care for abandoned children in Britain
hasWorkLocation London NERFINISHED
North American colonies NERFINISHED
honouredIn Coram (children’s charity) NERFINISHED
inception Foundling Hospital 1739 NERFINISHED
knownFor founding the Foundling Hospital in London
livedIn Massachusetts Bay Colony NERFINISHED
Taunton, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
movement philanthropy
name Thomas Coram NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage English
notableAchievement secured royal charter for the Foundling Hospital in 1739
notableWork Foundling Hospital NERFINISHED
occupation philanthropist
sea captain
religion Church of England
residence London, England
surface form: London

Rotherhithe NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
supportedBy artists such as William Hogarth
composer George Frideric Handel NERFINISHED

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Coram's Fields namedAfter Thomas Coram