Memoranda, or, Chronicles of the Foundling Hospital Brownlow Paperback

Memoranda, or, Chronicles of the Foundling HospitalIncluding Memoirs of Captain Coram, etc. etc.\nAuthor(s): John Brownlow\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108054836, 978-1108054836\nSynopsis\nCaptain Coram's Foundling Hospital was established in 1739 for 'the maintenance and education of exposed and deserted young children'. Hogarth was a governor of the hospital - he donated several pictures, including his portrait of Coram - as was Handel, whose famous performances of his oratorio Messiah were given there from 1750 to raise funds. John Brownlow [tel], himself a foundling, was secretary of the hospital from 1849 until his retirement. He introduced improvements to the children's education and was a staunch defender of the hospital, countering the criticism often levelled in the nineteenth century that taking in illegitimate children simply encouraged neglect. Brownlow's Memoranda, first publi.