Samuel Gridley Howe

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American abolitionist abolitionist educator human physician social reformer

Samuel Gridley Howe was a 19th-century American physician, abolitionist, and pioneering educator best known for his work with the blind and as the first director of the Perkins School for the Blind.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American abolitionist → abolitionist → educator → human → physician → social reformer →
advocatedFor	abolition of slavery in the United States → education of people with disabilities →
birthDate	1801-11-10 →
birthPlace	Boston, Massachusetts, United States →
burialPlace	Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1876-01-09 →
deathPlace	Boston, Massachusetts, United States →
educatedAt	Brown University NERFINISHED → Harvard Medical School →
employer	Perkins School for the Blind →
familyName	Howe →
fieldOfWork	education of the blind → medicine → social reform →
fullName	Samuel Gridley Howe →
genre	nonfiction →
givenName	Samuel →
knownFor	educating Laura Bridgman, a deafblind student →
memberOf	American Anti-Slavery Society →
militaryRole	surgeon in the Greek War of Independence →
movement	abolitionism → disability rights advocacy → education reform → prison reform →
notableFor	directorship of the Perkins School for the Blind → pioneering education for the blind →
notableStudent	Laura Bridgman →
notableWork	Annual reports on the education of the blind →
occupation	abolitionist → educator → physician → social reformer →
parentOf	Florence Howe Hall → Julia Romana Howe → Laura E. Richards NERFINISHED → Maud Howe Elliott →
participatedIn	Greek War of Independence →
positionHeld	first director of the Perkins School for the Blind →
religion	Unitarianism →
residence	Boston, Massachusetts, United States →
spouse	Julia Ward Howe →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Florence Howe Hall →	father
Samuel Gridley Howe →	fullName
Philhellenes →	hasNotableMember
Florence Howe Hall →	hasRelative
Julia Ward Howe →	spouse