ID
0002
Nationality
American
Occupation
Educational administrator
Summary
Hearing. Had a deaf daughter, Annie; his concern for her future led to an interest in the Maryland School for the Deaf, which he joined first as a member of the Board of Regents, eventually becoming Vice-President of the Board and then President (1897-1900). Biography by E. C. Wyand is A Memorial of William R. Barry (1904).
Dates
28 June 1828-12 August 1900