- Look up
foundling in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Foundling may
refer to: An
abandoned child, see
child abandonment Foundling hospital, an institution...
- The
Foundling Hospital (formally the
Hospital for the
Maintenance and
Education of
Exposed and
Deserted Young Children) was a children's home in London...
- A
foundling hospital was
originally an
institution for the
reception of
foundlings, i.e.,
children who had been
abandoned or exposed, and left for the...
- The
History of Tom Jones, a
Foundling,
often known simply as Tom Jones, is a
comic novel by
English playwright and
novelist Henry Fielding. It is a Bildungsroman...
- The
Foundling Museum in
Brunswick Square, London,
tells the
story of the
Foundling Hospital, Britain's
first home for
children at risk of abandonment....
-
referred to as "throwaway" children). An
abandoned child is
referred to as a
foundling (as
opposed to a
runaway or an orphan). Baby
dumping refers to parents...
- to the 18th and 19th centuries, when the
device was
known as a
foundling wheel.
Foundling wheels were
abandoned in the late 19th century, but a
modern form...
-
London Foundling Hospital.
Since Thomas Coram had
founded it in 1739,
there had been a
constant debate about what the
station of the
Foundling Hospital's...
- The New York
Foundling,
founded in 1869 by the
Roman Catholic Sisters of Charity, is one of New York City's
oldest and
largest child welfare agencies...
- The
History of Tom
Jones – A
Foundling is a five-part TV
series produced by the BBC in 1997. It
features Max
Beesley in the
title role,
alongside Brian...
