Thomas Guy plaque
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# Thomas Guy at 1 Cornhill Standing at this corner of Cornhill, you're standing on the foundation of Thomas Guy's entire empire—the very spot where a shrewd businessman transformed himself into one of London's greatest philanthropists. For fifty-six years, from 1668 until his death in 1724, Guy ope...
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1 Cornhill
Inscription
Thomas Guy (1644/5-1724) Who founded and endowed Guy's Hospital had his home & his bookshop on this site from 1668 until his death in 1724