How many orphans are there?
There are so many! They include world leaders and celebrated writers.
Can you list a few examples?
Not really, but there are so many occupations full of orphans, even fictional characters.
Are orphans and foundlings the same thing?
No, foundlings are a little bit different to that of orphans since they were abandoned and orphans weren't.
Oh, so orphans aren't voluntarily given up, but foundlings are. Is that correct?
Foundling hospital
A foundling hospital was originally an institution for the reception of foundlings, i.e., children who had been abandoned or exposed, and left for the public to find and save. A foundling hospital was not necessarily a medical hospital, but more commonly a children's home, offering shelter and education to foundlings.
The antecedents of such institutions was the practice of the Catholic Church providing a rough system of relief, children being left ("jactati") in marble shells at the church doors, and tended first
List of orphans and foundlings
Notable orphans and foundlings include world leaders, celebrated writers, entertainment greats, figures in science and business, as well as innumerable fictional characters in literature and comics. While the exact definition of orphan varies, one legal definition is a child bereft through "death or disappearance of, abandonment or desertion by, or separation or loss from, both parents". According to the United Nations, the definition of an orphan is anyone that loses one parent, either through death or abandonment.
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