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Born December 21, 1829 • Hanover • New Hampshire
Died May 24, 1889 (aged 59) • Boston • Massachusetts

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Samuel Gridley Howe
American educator
Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller
Anne Sullivan
American educator
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French physician
Juan Pablo Bonet
Spanish educator
Roch-Ambroise Cucurron, Abbé Sicard
French abbot
Ponce de León, Pedro
Pedro Ponce de León
Spanish Benedictine monk
Emma Garrett
American educator
Mary Garrett
American educator
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
American inventor
Caroline Yale, 1927.
Caroline Yale
American educator
Harriet Burbank Rogers
American educator
William Moon
British activist
Samuel Heinicke
German educator
Louis Braille
Louis Braille
French educator
Holt, Winifred
Winifred Holt
American social worker
Helen Keller, at age 66
Helen Keller
American author and educator
Dorothy Leib Harrison Wood Eustis
Dorothy Leib Harrison Wood Eustis
American dog breeder and trainer
Alden, Cynthia May Westover
Cynthia May Westover Alden
American social worker and journalist
Edouard Séguin
American psychiatrist
Sarah Fuller
American educator