(1860-1932)
Founder in 1882 of the institute that became the Scranton State School for the Deaf. An ordained minister who was deaf, he was concerned for this state's uneducated deaf children and was a leading advocate of compulsory education of the deaf. President, National Association of the Deaf, 1896-1900. Twice president, Pennsylvania Society for the Advancement of the Deaf. U.S. representative to the World Congress of the Deaf (Paris), 1889.HM Number | HM1A7Z |
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Year Placed | 1999 |
Placed By | Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Monday, October 20th, 2014 at 2:57am PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18T E 446399 N 4586684 |
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Decimal Degrees | 41.42993333, -75.64151667 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 41° 25.796', W 75° 38.491' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 41° 25' 47.76" N, 75° 38' 29.46" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 570 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 1800-1848 N Washington Ave, Scranton PA 18509, US |
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