English financier and philanthropist (1847–1920)

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Sir Henry Charles Burdett. Coloured lithograph after J. P. Mellor [Quiz], 1898.

Henry Charles Burdett (1847-1920) : outstanding hospital administrator, successful Secretary of the Seamen's Hospital Society, and notable philanthropist / G.C. Cook.

Hospitals and asylums of the world : their origin, history, construction, administration, management, and legislation; with plans of the chief medical institutions accurately drawn to a uniform scale, in addition to those of all the hospitals of London in the jubilee year of Queen Victoria's reign / by Henry C. Burdett.

Cottage hospitals, general, fever and convalescent : their progress, management and work in Great Britain and Ireland, and the United States of America : with an alphabetical list of every cottage hospital at present opened : many plans and illustrations including a portrait of Albert Napper / by Henry C. Burdett.

Hospitals and asylums of the world. Vols. 1-2, [Asylums] / by Henry C. Burdett.

How to become a nurse : the nursing profession : how and where to train, being a guide to training for the profession of a nurse, with particulars of nurse training schools in the United Kingdom and abroad and an outline of the prinicipal laws affecting nurses, etc. / edited by Sir Henry Burdett, K.C.B.

Hints in sickness : where to go and what to do / by Henry C. Burdett.

Burdett's official nursing directory.

Cottage hospitals, general, fever, and convalescent : their progress, management, and work in Great Britain and Ireland, and the United States of America, with an alphabetical list of cottage hospitals / by Sir Henry Burdett.

How to become a nurse : a guide to training for the profession of a nurse, with particulars of training schools for general, fever and mental nursing, and of institutions where training in special branches is given / originally edited by the late Sir Henry Burdett.

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Henry Burdett

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Hints in sickness : where to go and what to do / by Henry C. Burdett.

Burdett's official nursing directory.

Cottage hospitals, general, fever, and convalescent : their progress, management, and work in Great Britain and Ireland, and the United States of America, with an alphabetical list of cottage hospitals / by Sir Henry Burdett.

How to become a nurse : a guide to training for the profession of a nurse, with particulars of training schools for general, fever and mental nursing, and of institutions where training in special branches is given / originally edited by the late Sir Henry Burdett.

Henry Burdett

Images from the collections

Images by Henry Burdett

Images featuring Henry Burdett

Works from the collections

Hints in sickness : where to go and what to do / by Henry C. Burdett.

Burdett's official nursing directory.

Cottage hospitals, general, fever, and convalescent : their progress, management, and work in Great Britain and Ireland, and the United States of America, with an alphabetical list of cottage hospitals / by Sir Henry Burdett.

How to become a nurse : a guide to training for the profession of a nurse, with particulars of training schools for general, fever and mental nursing, and of institutions where training in special branches is given / originally edited by the late Sir Henry Burdett.

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