ID
1785
Nationality
Canadian
born Scottish (British)
Occupation
Lawyer
Attorney
Law
Summary
Born deaf; educated at the Glasgow Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. Emigrated to Canada and studied law there, then passsed the Ontario law exam to become the first born-deaf lawyer in North America. Trinity law student, 1860; qualified as a solicitor, 1863; practiced in eastern Ontario, sometimes with his deaf younger brother Duncan MacLellan, in Belleville, Campbellford, and Trenton.
References
Deaf Heritage in Canada, p.251-252; Deaf Lives, p.121; Peeps into the Deaf World, p.342.
Dates
1831?-3 August 1902