London's Forgotten Children
Thomas Coram and the Foundling Hospital
Published on 30. November 2011
304 pages
978-0-7524-8020-6 (ISBN)
Description
In 1739, the London Foundling Hospital opened its doors to take in the abandoned children of the city. It was the culmination of seventeen years of campaigning by Captain Thomas Coram, driven by his horror at seeing children die in the streets. He was supported in his endeavours by a royal charter and by William Hogarth and George Frideric Handel. The Hospital would continue as both home and school for over 215 years, raising thousands of children until they could be apprenticed out.
London's Forgotten Children is a fascinating history of the first children's charity, charting the rise of this incredible institution and examining the attitude towards illegitimate children over the years. The story comes alive with the voices of children who grew up in the Hospital, and the concluding, fully updated, account of today's children's charity Coram is an ongoing testament to the vision of its founder.
London's Forgotten Children is a fascinating history of the first children's charity, charting the rise of this incredible institution and examining the attitude towards illegitimate children over the years. The story comes alive with the voices of children who grew up in the Hospital, and the concluding, fully updated, account of today's children's charity Coram is an ongoing testament to the vision of its founder.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Illustrations, black and white
File size
13,10 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7524-8020-6 (9780752480206)
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Persons
GILLIAN PUGH retired in 2005 after eight years as chief executive of Coram Family. She is currently working as advisor to the government and to local authorities on children's services and is visiting professor at the Institute of Education in London. She was awarded the DBE in 2005 for services to children and families.
Content
- Cover
- About the Author
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- Introduction
- I Thomas Coram: The Man and his Mission
- II The Foundling Hospital Gets Underway: the First Sixty Years
- III A Child's Eye View: The Early Days of the Foundling Hospital
- IV Hogarth and Handel: Charity and the Arts
- V No Goodnight Kiss: Brownlow, Dickens and the Nineteenth Century
- VI The End of an Era: The Foundling Hospital in the Twentieth Century
- VII Who am I? Where did I come from? Former Pupils Look Back on their Childhood Experiences
- VIII From Thomas Coram Foundation for Children to Coram Family: 1955-2005
- IX London's Forgotten Children: Then and Now
- X Afterword 2022
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Picture Section
