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Henriette Raphael gave her name to the first purpose-built nurses' home at Guy's Hospital which opened in 1902 & was funded by donations from her husband, Henry Raphael & her sons Walter & Herbert. The home was the first of its kind in London.
SE1, Great Maze Pond, Guy's Hospital - Memorial Park
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Entrance to the Henriette Raphael building
Wife to Henry Raphael, a wealthy Jewish banker, and mother to his 12 children...
The Henriette Raphael Building at Guy's Hospital.
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Entrance to the Henriette Raphael building
Henry Lewis Raphael had 12 children with his wife Henriette. Walter, the 6th ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Entrance to the Henriette Raphael building
The Henriette Raphael Nurses' Home, erected by Henry Lewis Raphael in memory ...
Unusually we have taken our picture of the building from the church's own website - it is much better than ours.
Lambs Conduit the property of the City of London this pump is erected for the benefit of the publick.
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Poet and writer. Born 83 Maryon Road, Charlton. Best known poem "The Listeners" ("Is there anybody there?" said the Traveller, Knocking on the moonlit door ....). Lived at: Bovill Road, Forest Hil...
The first church on the site was part of St Thomas's Hospital in 1212. it was named after St Thomas a Becket, because pilgrimages to his ...
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