Thomas John Barnardo
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Life 1845-1905; b. Dublin, son of furrier; evangelised in slums after conversion during Protestant revival, 1862; trained as a medical missionary in London; opened his first home for destitute boys in Stepney Causeway, 1870, inaugurating Dr. Barnardos Homes; in the 1990s these were involved in a scandal concerning the drafting of boys to commonwealth countries for labour. DIB
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Criticism
Janet Hitchman, They Carried the Sword: Illustrated Biography (London: Gollancz 1956).
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