Philanthropy Collection (page 7)

Robert Owen, Welsh socialist and social reformer, (1903). Owens (1771-1858) New Lanark Mills in Scotland, which he bought in c1799, featured pioneering social and industrial welfare programmes

Guys Hospital, Southwark, London, 1829. Artist: J Rogers
Guys Hospital, Southwark, London, 1829. Guys Hospital was founded in 1721 by Sir Thomas Guy, a publisher who made a fortune from the South Sea Bubble

School for the Indigent Blind, Southwark, London, 19th century. Artist: TA Prior
School for the Indigent Blind, St Georges Fields, Southwark, London, 19th century

Hannah More, English religious writer and philanthropist, 19th century. Artist: William Finden
Hannah More, English religious writer and philanthropist, 19th century. Portrait of More (1745-1833) who was a member of the Blue Stocking Circle of learned intelligent women

Elizabeth Fry, British philanthropist, 19th century. Artist: J Cochran
Elizabeth Fry, British philanthropist, 19th century. Portrait of Fry (1780-1845), British Quaker minister and prison reformer

Sir Francis Crossley, English carpet manufacturer, mid-late 19th century. Portrait of philanthropist Crossley (1817-1872) who was Liberal MP for Halifax and the West Riding

Sir Hugh Mac-Calmont Cairns, British statesman, c1880. Artist: DJ Pound
Sir Hugh Mac-Calmont Cairns, British statesman, c1880. Portrait of Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns (1819-1885), Lord Chancellor and philanthropist

Mademoiselle Eugenie Bonnefois, founder of a school for children of fairground workers, 1897. Artist: F Meaulle
Mademoiselle Eugenie Bonnefois, founder of a school for children of fairground workers, 1897. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 5th December 1897

Mrs Furtado-Heine named Officer of the Legion of Honour, 1896. Artist: F Meaulle
Mrs Furtado-Heine named Officer of the Legion of Honour, 1896. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 21st June 1896. Cecile Charlotte Furtado-Heine (1821-1896) was a prominent philanthropist

Thomas Tesdale, founder of Pembroke College, Oxford. Artist: J Fittler
Thomas Tesdale, founder of Pembroke College, Oxford. A wealthy maltster from the Oxfordshire town of Abingdon, Thomas Tesdale (1547-1610)

Residence of John Coakley Lettsom, Camberwell, London, 1817. Lettsom (1744-1815) was a successful English Quaker physician and philanthropist. From Walks Through London by David Hughson

Walter Besant, c1901. Besant (1836-1901) British novelist, editor, philanthropist and social reformer was born at Portsmouth, Hampshire

John Howard (1726-1790), 1883. Howard, English philanthropist and prison reformer, visiting a prison during his investigation of prison conditions

John Howard (1726-1790), 1880. Howard, English philanthropist and prison reformer, visiting a prison during his investigation of prison conditions

St Vincent de Paul, French priest and philanthropist, 1663. A Franciscan monk, St Vincent de Paul (c1581-1660) is the patron saint of charitable societies

Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-born American philanthropist and industrialist, 1903. Artist: Spy
Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-born American philanthropist and industrialist, 1903. Carnegie (1835-1918) amassed a vast fortune in the steel industry

Charles Dickens addressing a meeting, London, 1856. British author Charles Dickens speaking at The Dulwich College Charity Meeting at the Adelphi Theatre

Andrew Carnegie (1835-1918), Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist, 1870s. Artist: Matthew Brady
Andrew Carnegie (1835-1918), Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist

Robert Raikes, founder of the Sunday School movement, 1780 (1880)
Robert Raikes (1735-1811), English philanthropist and founder of the Sunday School movement. A printer from Gloucester, he opened his first Sunday School in 1780. Wood engraving, 1880

Robert Raikes, English philanthropist and publisher, 1780 (1880)
Robert Raikes (1735-1811), English philanthropist and publisher. Began Sunday School movement in his native Gloucester in 1780. Wood engraving, London, 1880

Johann Friedrich Oberlin, Lutheran philanthropist, c1800 (c1880)
Johann Friedrich Oberlin, Lutheran philanthropist, and pastor in Vosges region of France, encouraging his parishioners to construct road to decrease their isolation, c1800 (c1880). Wood engraving

Jean Henri Dunant, Swiss philanthropist, 1902. Dunant (1828-1910) inspired the foundation of the International Red Cross after the Battle of Solferino (1859)

Lord Shaftesbury, English statesman, moral philosopher, philanthropist and factory reformer, c1880
Earl of Shaftesbury, English statesman, moral philosopher, philanthropist and factory reformer, c1880. Anthony Ashley Cooper

Thomas Wright, English prison philanthropist, 1875. Wright (1789-1875) worked on the reclamation of discharged prisoners. From Home Words. ( London, 1875)

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