foundling

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His Scottish-born father worked in construction, specializing in acoustical tiles; his mother was a homemaker from a Czech-Austrian family and later volunteered for the New York Foundling, a child welfare agency.

From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2022

According to its website, the museum "tells the history of the Foundling Hospital, the UK’s first children’s charity and first public art gallery."

From Fox News • Jan. 19, 2022

To explain - novelist Henry Fielding's classic book The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling followed the dashing, cavorting rogue's escapades through 18th Century society.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2021

Mr. Baccaglini of the Foundling said he sometimes struggled to sleep, thinking about children in unstable homes who could no longer rely on their school buildings as safe zones.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2020

Not stricdy speaking an orphanage, the Foundling Hospital was a place of refuge to which poor or destitute mothers could bring their children to be sheltered and educated.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall