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Samuel Thomas Greene 1843-1890
Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted December, 2010
Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted July, 2007
Plaque Location
The County of Hastings
The City of Belleville
In front of the main building of the School for the Deaf
on the northwest corner of Dundas Street West (Road 2)
and Palmer Road, entrance off Dundas Street
Coordinates: N 44 09.049 W 77 24.221 |
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Plaque Text
Samuel Greene was the first deaf teacher to teach deaf children in the Ontario school system. An American by birth, he was educated at the National Deaf-Mute College, now Gallaudet University, in Washington, D. C. After graduating in 1870, he came to teach at the new provincial school for the deaf in Belleville (later Sir James Whitney School). Believing that the education of deaf children should be based on solid language skills, Greene devised a progressive and highly successful method of teaching that used sign language and written English. Co-founder and first president of the Ontario Association of the Deaf, he was renowned for his eloquent public addresses and poetry recitations in sign language.
Another plaque at this location
The Ontario School for the Deaf
Related Ontario plaque
The Ontario School for the Blind
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> Posted February 6, 2011
Over 100 years - it's time to make SJW - Samuel Green University now!
> Posted January 22, 2010
Samuel Greene was a remarkable man! I'm glad Canada benefited from his efforts.
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