ID
0166
Nationality
British
Occupation
Keypunch operator
Textile worker
Summary
Born deaf; probably attended the Royal Institution for the Deaf at Derby. Apprenticed to the card-punching business (used in Jacquard looms for the production of lace curtains, a predecessor of computer punched cards).
References
Peeps into the Deaf World, p.125-126; Snapshots of the Deaf, p.112, 114.
Dates
fl. 1917