Thomas John Barnardo, Irish-English philanthropist (born 1845)

Thomas John Barnardo

Philanthropist, founder and director of homes for poor children

Thomas John Barnardo was an Irish, Christian philanthropist and founder and director of homes for poor and deprived children. From the foundation of the first Barnardo's home in 1867 to the date of Barnardo's death, nearly 60,000 children had been taken in.