See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS See also:

• THOMAS CORAM (1668–1751)

CORAM (1668–1751)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English philanthropist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Lyme Regis, See also:

• DORSET, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF

Dorset . He began See also:

• LIFE

life as a See also:

• SEAMAN, OWEN (1861– )

seaman, and See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose to the position of See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain . He settled at See also:

• TAUNTON
• TAUNTON, HENRY LABOUCHERE, BARON (1798–1869)

Taunton, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, for several years engaging there in farming and See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat-See also:

• BUILDING

building, and in 1703 returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . His acquaintance with the destitute See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East End of See also:

• LONDON

London, and the miserable See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children there, inspired him with the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of providing a See also:

• REFUGE

refuge for such of them as had no legal See also:

• PROTECTOR

protector; and after seventeen years of unwearied exertion, he obtained in 1739 a royal See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter authorizing the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of his See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital for foundling infants (see FOUNDLING HOSPITALS) . It was opened in See also:

• HATTON, JOHN LIPTROT (1809-1886)
• HATTON, SIR CHRISTOPHER (1540–1591)

Hatton See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

Garden, on the 17th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1740, with twenty inmates . For fifteen years it was supported by voluntary contributions; but in 1756 it was endowed with a See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant of £so,000 for the support of all that might be sent to it . Children were brought, however, in such See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers, and so few (not one-third, it is said) survived See also:

• INFANCY

infancy, that the grant was stopped, and the charity, which had been removed to See also:

• GUILFORD
• GUILFORD, BARONS AND EARLS OF

Guilford See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, was from that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time only administered under careful restrictions . See also:

• CORAM, THOMAS (1668–1751)

Coram's later years were spent in watching over the interests of the hospital; he was also one of the promoters of the See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of See also:

• GEORGIA

Georgia and Nova See also:

• SCOTIA (Gr. o'Karca, shadow or darkness)

Scotia; and his name is 'honourably connected with various other charities . In carrying out his philanthropic schemes he spent nearly all his private means; and an See also:

• ANNUITY (from Lat. annus, a year)

annuity of 170 was raised for him by public subscription . He died on the 29th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1751 .