Coram, Thomas, 1668?-1751
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Name (Hebrew)
קוראם, תומאס
Name (Latin)
Coram, Thomas, 1668?-1751
Date of birth
1668
Date of death
1751-03-29
Associated country
Great Britain
United States
Field of activity
Foundlings--Care
Merchant marine
Shipping
Occupation
Philanthropists
Ship captains
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Wikipedia, viewed 16 Mar. 2016(Thomas Coram; c. 1668-29 March 1751; captain of a merchant vessel; philanthropist who created the London Foundling Hospital in Lamb's Conduit Fields, Bloomsbury to look after abandoned children; born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, England; sent to sea before he was 12; in 1694 he was settled at Taunton, Massachusetts; in 1704, at the age of 52, he settled in London; in 1712 he obtained a role in Trinity House, Deptford, a private corporation that combined public responsibilities with charitable purposes; Coram died 29 March 1751, aged 83, and was buried 3 April following in the chapel of the Foundling Hospital)
- Brownlow, J. Memoranda, or, Chronicles of the Foundling Hospital, including memoirs of Captain Coram, 1847.
- DNB(Coram, Thomas, 1668?-1751)
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Captain Thomas Coram (1668–1751)
William Hogarth, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
Captain Thomas Coram (c. 1668 – 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 be the world's first incorporated charity.
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