Jones, Elizabeth "Miss Bessie"

ID
1518
Nationality
British
Occupation
Deaf-blind
Summary
Daughter of John Jones, surgeon-dentist to Queen Victoria; became deaf and blind by her second year of age. She lived with other family members all her life, and does not seem to have received any education. A memorial window to her was set up in St. Paul's Church, Cambridge, England, around 1915.
References
Touch, Touch, and Touch Again, p.12-17; Peeps into the Deaf World, p.50.
Dates
26 July 1820-13 December 1904