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Thomas Coram
Portrait by William Hogarth, 1740.
Bornc. 1668
Lyme Regis, Dorset,
England
Died29 March 1751
London, Great Britain
NationalityEnglish
Occupation(s)Shipwright, sea captain, philanthropist
SpouseEunice Waite

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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