FACTS about BERKELEY's personal LIFE

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• In 1728, he married Anne Forster, the daughter of the Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas. The couple had seven children out of whom only three survived childhood.

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• He took active part in humanitarian work to help abandoned children in London. He was one of the original governors of the Foundling hospital, established by Royal Charter in 1739.
   

• He was a cheerful, friendly and kind man who was well loved by everyone who knew him. He retired in 1752 and went to live with his son.
   

• George Berkeley was the first president of King's College (now Columbia University).

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• He thought tar water was helpful medicine for everithing.

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• He died at the age of 67.