Foundling Hospital
The Foundling Hospital. Budynek nie dotrwał do naszych czasów.
Foundling Hospital - przytułek dla sierot zbudowany w Londynie w 1739 roku. Szefem prrzedsięwzięcia był kpt. Thomas Coram, a wspierali go czołowi politycy, zwłaszcza Spencer Compton, 1. hrabia Wilmington i Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4. hrabia Chesterfield. Dużą rolę w powstaniu szpitala odegrał Richard Mead[1].
Georg Friedrich Händel urządzał koncerty charytatywne w gmachu szpitala[2].
Przypisy
- ↑ Wellcome Trust: The Foundling Museum (ang.). [dostęp 2018-05-21].
- ↑ Caro Howell: How Handel's Messiah helped London's orphans – and vice versa (ang.). The Guardian, 13 marca 2014. [dostęp 2018-05-12].
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An early print of the Foundling Hospital.
The foundling hospital was founded by Thomas Coram and the idea of a hospital for less fortunate children has continued up to now but it is most commonly referred to as a care home. The word foundling means a small child and children and babies in baskets were dropped off and left on the door step to be collected by nurses.
An early print of the Foundling Hospital.
The foundling hospital was founded by Thomas Coram and the idea of a hospital for less fortunate children has continued up to now but it is most commonly referred to as a care home. The word foundling means a small child and children and babies in baskets were dropped off and left on the door step to be collected by nurses.