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Howe was known particularly for his success in teaching the alphabet to Laura Bridgman, a student who was blind and deaf. He also championed the improvement of publicly funded schools, prison reform, humane treatment for mentally ill people, oral communication and lipreading for the deaf, and antislavery efforts. Education and early career
Samuel Gridley Howe (November 10, 1801 – January 9, 1876) was an American physician, abolitionist, and advocate of education for the blind. He organized and was the first director of the Perkins Institution .
Howe was involved in political and revo-lutionary causes throughout his career, and served in the Massachusetts legislature, where he advocated for educational reform, including the abolishment of corporal pun-ishment. In the 1840s, he and several friends, including Samuel Morse and James Fennimore Cooper supported a revolution
May 29, 2018 · Samuel Gridley Howe (1801-1876), American physician and reformer, was a pioneer in educating the blind and a militant abolitionist. Samuel Gridley Howe was born in Boston on Nov. 10, 1801. After studying at Brown, he received his medical degree from Harvard in 1824.
Howe was involved in political and revolutionary causes throughout his career, and served in the Massachusetts legislature, where he advocated for educational reform, including the abolishment of corporal punishment.
Samuel Gridley Howe is known as the first director of the Perkins Institution for the Blind in Massachusetts and a notable abolitionist during the U.S. Civil War era. He was born to parents Joseph N. Howe, a ship ropemaker, and Martha Gridley Howe in 1801.
After serving as the school’s director for over 40 years, Samuel Gridley Howe died on January 9, 1876 at the age of 74. He left behind a legacy of work aimed at reform and social change, whose influence is still felt today.
