Medical Pioneer. A physician and a social reformer, he was the founder of Boston's Perkins Institute for the Blind, and a pioneer in therapies for the blind and deaf. He was the husband of poetess Julia Ward Howe, author of the song "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".
Medical Pioneer. A physician and a social reformer, he was the founder of Boston's Perkins Institute for the Blind, and a pioneer in therapies for the blind and deaf. He was the husband of poetess Julia Ward Howe, author of the song "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".
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SAMUEL GRIDLEY HOWE.
Born November 10, 1801.
Died January 9, 1876.
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