Teresa Herrera

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Teresa Herrera (1712 - 1791), was a Spanish philanthropist. She was the founder of the first hospital in town, the Hospital de la Caridad in A Coruña (1791).

A street is named after her, as well as the hospital Hospital Materno Infantil Teresa Herrera, and the he awards Teresa Herrera Trophy (1946), (1986) and the (2007) were all made in memory of her.

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  • Correal y Freyre de Andrade, Narciso: La Coruña benéfica del siglo XVIII. Teresa Herrera. La Coruña: Ferrer, 1909.89
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