Richard carr gomm biography of albert einstein
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Richard Carr-Gomm
British philanthropist
MajorRichard Culling Carr-Gomm, OBE (2 January 1922 – 27 October 2008) was the founder of the Abbeyfield Society, the Morpeth Society, St Matthew Society and the Carr-Gomm Society, UK charities providing care and housing for disadvantaged and lonely people.[1]
His father was Mark Culling Carr-Gomm,[2] and his grandfather was Francis Carr-Gomm who is known for befriending Joseph Merrick, the "Elephant Man" while serving as chairman of the London Hospital.[3] Richard was educated at Stowe School and served through World War II in the Royal Berkshire Regiment and the Coldstream Guards from 1939 to 1955.[4] He was awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1944 and was amongst the first troops to enter Belsen in April 1945.
Carr-Gomm was deeply affected by the Billy Graham crusade to London in 1954.[5] In 1955 he left the Army and became a volunteer home-help. Perceiving the loneliness of the pe