Thomas Coram Foundation for Children

•  Eton College

  Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. All the pupils board. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor". It is located in Eton, near Windsor in England, north of Windsor Castle, and is one of the original nine English public schools as defined by the Public Schools Act 1868. It has a very long list of distinguished former pupils, including eighteen former prime ministers.

  

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•  Royal Horticultural Society

  The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) was founded in 1804 in London, England as the Horticultural Society of London, and gained its present name in a Royal Charter granted in 1861 by Prince Albert. It is a charity and exists to promote gardening and horticulture in Britain and Europe. This is done through a series of flower shows and through many model gardens that are open to the public. The society celebrated its bicentenary in 2004.

  

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•  Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust

  The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) is a wildfowl and wetland conservation charity in the United Kingdom. Its patron is Queen Elizabeth II. It was founded in 1947 by the ornithologist and artist Sir Peter Scott, initially as the Severn Wildfowl Trust. It has over 130,000 members and nine reserves with visitor centres, together covering over 20 km² which support over 150,000 birds and receive over one million visitors per year. The sites include seven SSSIs, five SPAs and five Ramsar sites.

  

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•  Woodland Trust

  The Woodland Trust, is a conservation charity in the United Kingdom concerned with the protection and sympathetic management of native woodland heritage.

  

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•  Norfolk Windmills Trust

  The Norfolk Windmills Trust is a charity based in Norfolk, England, which restores and cares for windmills in that county. Mills in its care (but not necessarily owned) include those at: Ashtree Farm Mill Berney Arms Billingford Clayrack Cley next the Sea Denver Windmill Dereham Garboldisham Great Bircham Gunton Park Horsey (NT) Letheringsett Watermill Little Cressingham Old Buckenham Paston (privately owned) Starston Stracey Arms Sutton Wicklewood

  

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•  British Dragonfly Society

  The British Dragonfly Society is a conservation organization in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1983 and its aims are to promote and to encourage the study and conservation of dragonflies and damselflies and their natural habitats, especially in the United Kingdom. The Society runs the Dragonfly Recording Network (DRN) to collect Odonata records in the UK. It also promotes a range of research and conservation projects. The British Dragonfly Society is a registered charity, number 800196.

  

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•  Thomas John Barnardo

  Thomas John Barnardo (4 July 1845 – 19 September 1905) was an Irish philanthropist and founder and director of homes for poor children, born in Dublin. From the foundation of the first Barnardo's home in 1870 to the date of Barnardo’s death, nearly 60,000 children had been rescued, trained and placed out in life.

  

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•  Dulwich College

  Dulwich College is an independent school for boys in Dulwich, south-east London, United Kingdom. The College was founded in 1619 by Edward Alleyn, a successful Elizabethan actor, with the original purpose of educating 12 poor scholars as the foundation of "God's Gift". It currently has about 1600 boys, of whom 120 are boarders. This makes it one of the largest (in terms of numbers of pupils) independent schools in the UK.

  

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•  Charity Commission

  The Charity Commission for England and Wales is the non-ministerial government department that regulates registered charities in England and Wales. The Charity Commission answers directly to the UK Parliament and to Government ministers, and as a result it is often described as a Quango. It is governed by a board, which is assisted by the Chief Executive and an executive team.

  

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•  Foundling Hospital

  The Foundling Hospital in London, England was founded in 1739 by the philanthropic sea captain Thomas Coram. It was a children's home established for the "education and maintenance of exposed and deserted young children. " The word "hospital" was used in a more general sense than it is today, simply indicating the institution's "hospitality" to those less fortunate.

  

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•  Konrad Lorenz

  Konrad Zacharias Lorenz (November 7, 1903 in Vienna – February 27, 1989 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, animal psychologist, ornithologist. He shared the 1973 Nobel Prize with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Karl von Frisch. He is often regarded as one of the founders of modern ethology, developing an approach that began with an earlier generation, including his teacher Oskar Heinroth. Lorenz studied instinctive behavior in animals, especially in greylag geese and jackdaws.

  

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•  Magical beast

  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, magical beast is a type of creature, or "creature type". Magical beasts are similar to animals in many ways, but usually have a higher intelligence, and possess supernatural or extraordinary abilities. In 3rd and 3.5 editions, all magical beasts have darkvision out to 60 feet as well as low-light vision. As a group, they have no other special abilities or immunities.

  

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•  Penrose, Spencer

  

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•  LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 5407

  LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 45407 'The Lancashire Fusilier' is a LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 locomotive engine built at Armstrong Whitworth in 1937. It is one of 18 surviving 's.

  

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•  Wolf of the Battlefield: MERCS

  

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