ID
2939
Nationality
English
British
Occupation
Teacher
School founder
Summary
Hearing. A nephew of Thomas Braidwood (q.v.); opened in London the first British public school that accepted indigent deaf children. Also published a two-volume deaf-education book based on the Braidwood method, thus making public this previously proprietary scheme.
References
Deaf Heritage in Canada, p.9; Arnold on the Education of the Deaf, p.60-62.
Dates
1765?-1829