ID
0821
Nationality
English
British
Occupation
Painter
Artist
Summary
Born deaf at Wolverhampton; art talent apparent by age 8; attended the Manchester Institution for the Deaf and Dumb after an initial home-tutoring education, then studied at the Wolverhampton School of Art until age 23, then the Royal Academy of Art at age 23. His specialty was painting animals. Never married.
References
Deaf Lives, p.50; Peeps into the Deaf World, p.151-154.
Dates
1853-2 January 1910