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Hearing. After careers in the Russian military and at the Russian court, was appointed an honorary trustee at the St. Petersburg Institute for the deaf. Taking a deep interest in the problems of the Russian deaf, he successfully petitioned the royal court to establish and endow a foundation, the Guardianship for the Deaf and Dumb, in 1898 and became director of the Guardianship until his death.

Born and grew up in Koningsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia). Forced out of his hometown by 1944 wartime bombing, his family managed to take refugee ships and trains to Rostock, Germany. He went to a boarding school in nearby Ludwigslust and soon learned that his parents had fled Rostock without him. Attempting to join them in the west, he was turned back by the Russians and went to Berlin instead. There, he lied to the American occupying army that his grandfather was American and that therefore he, Eugen, claimed American citizenship. This got him through the lines and he eventually rejoined his family in the little town of Gross Offenseth.

Born to a Russian father and English mother; parents relocated to England when he was young. A double mastoid operation at age 9 left him deaf, and he attended the Ince Jones Oral School for Deaf Boys, then the Central High School for Arts and Crafts in London and studied art for 4 years at the Royal Academy Schools. Began a 53-year friendship with fellow deaf artist Alfred R. Thompson (q.v.). Worked as a scenic designer for motion pictures; also did portraits and mural work, including most of the murals on the famous ocean liner Queen Mary. Exhibited in the International Exhibition of Fine and Applied Arts by Deaf Artists, 1934. Died after a series of 3 heart attacks.

Hearing. Not to be confused with Maria Fedorovna, 1759-1828 (q.v.) Born Marie Dagmar, princess of Denmark, daughter of Danish king Christian IX; sister of Queen Alexandra of Britain (deaf, q.v.); married Tsar Alexander III of Russia and mothered Nicholas II, last Russian Tsar. Exiled to Britain from the Crimea in 1919; died in Denmark. In Russia, she and the Tsar set up a foundation, the Guardianship for the Deaf and Dumb, in 1898 for the education and support of the deaf.

Also known as Arseny Glukhoi; a figure in Russian history.

A saint in the Russian Orthodox Church; his feast day is January 15th.

Attended elementary school for 12 years, then studied at a polytechnic school in Moscow, specializing in printing. Later studied art at Moscow Polytechnic University. He found a niche as a caricaturist; his first published drawings appeared in a Russian newspaper near the end of the 1950s. After this, his work also appeared in other major Russian newspapers and publications. 1960-1965, he also worked as an artist for a Soviet film studio; after that, he set up as a private practice, tking commissions.

Hearing. Born in Australia but grew up in Wales. Graduated University of London and Reading University. Taught at Rangemore Hall for the Deaf and Mary Hare Grammar School for the Deaf, then headed Ingfield Manor's Department for the Deaf. 1965-1974, served as the national government's Inspector of Schools for Birmingham. 1974-1986, was Inspector of Deaf and Special Schools in the South West of England and in Liverpool until forced to retire by a heart condition. In his spare time and throughout his retirement, he did research and writing in the history of Russian deaf education, culminating in the book Deaf Teachers in Nineteenth Century Russia.

Held an advanced degree in the arts; 1991/1992, artist-in-residence at Gallaudet University; 1992, president of the Russian Association of Deaf Artists.

Became deaf in adolescence. Attended the Arnol'd-Tret'yakov school in Moscow; taught there afterwards, being a master of Russian grammar and of mathematics.