Founded by royal charter in 1718 to house the poor or infirm of French Huguenot descent. Known as "La Providence". In 1866 the hospital was moved to Victoria Park in Hackney and in 1960 to Rochester in Kent.
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French hospital in Bath Street
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French hospital
Site of the French hospital founded by royal charter in 1718 to house the poo...
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Oriolet Hospital and Convalescent Home
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Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
Scholar and Humanist. Born at Langham Chambers, near Oxford Circus. Although qualified as a doctor, he decided to follow an academic career. He lectured at Cambridge and in 1896 published 'The Gree...
Capt. G. Gerhold
District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1912-1927. Commander in the Order of St John.
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Frederick Salmon
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Doctor Stephen Charles Gold, MD, FRCP
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