Claim: Thomas Coram (c. 1668 – 29 March 1751) was a philanthropist and the son of a master mariner from England who created the  London Foundling Hospital, which is the world's first incorporated charity.
Evidence: Captain Thomas Coram (c. 1668 – 29 March 1751) was a philanthropist who created the London Foundling Hospital in Lamb's Conduit Fields, Bloomsbury, to look after abandoned children.