ID
0168
Nationality
American
Occupation
Painter
Author
Actor
Summary
Deafened at 3 1/2 by typhoid fever; graduated from the New York School for the Deaf in 1877. Studied art in Europe and exhibited in the International Exhibition of the Fine Arts (Rome, 1883). Tried unsuccessfully to have a movie acting career; wrote The Deaf Mute Howls (1930); died in Los Angeles.
References
Deaf Persons in the Arts and Sciences, p.24-26; Deaf Artists in America, p.89-93; Deaf Heritage, p.78; Hollywood Speaks,p.23, 24, 27-28, 112; American Annals of the Deaf, 1883, p.141; Silent Worker, Jan. 1904; Representative Deaf Persons [second edition], p.171-173.
Dates
21 March 1861-2 November 1932