Dr thomas john barnardo biography channel

Thomas John Barnardo Biography

Dr thomas john barnardo biography channel

His father was of Spanish origin, his mother being an Englishwoman. With the intention of qualifying for medical missionary work in China, he studied medicine at the London hospital, and later at Paris and Edinburgh, where he became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.

His medical work in the east end of London during the epidemic of cholera in 1865 first drew his attention to the great numbers of homeless and destitute children in the cities of England.

Encouraged by the support of the seventh earl of Shaftesbury and the first Earl dairns, he gave up his early ambition of foreign missionary labour, and began what was to prove his life’s work. The first of the "Dr Barnardo’s Homes" was opened in 1867 in Stepney Causeway, London.

From that time the work steadily increased