See also:

• SAMUEL

SAMUEL GRIDLEY See also:

• HOWE
• HOWE, EIJAS (1819 — 1867)
• HOWE, JOHN (1630-17o6)
• HOWE, JOSEPH (1804–1873)
• HOWE, JULIA WARD (1819–1910)
• HOWE, RICHARD HOWE, EARL (1726-1799)
• SAMUEL GRIDLEY HOWE (1801-1876)
• HOWE, WILLIAM HOWE, 5TH VISCOUNT (1729-1814)

HOWE (1801-1876)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American philanthropist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, on the loth of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 18o1 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph N . See also:

• HOWE
• HOWE, EIJAS (1819 — 1867)
• HOWE, JOHN (1630-17o6)
• HOWE, JOSEPH (1804–1873)
• HOWE, JULIA WARD (1819–1910)
• HOWE, RICHARD HOWE, EARL (1726-1799)
• HOWE, SAMUEL GRIDLEY (1801-1876)
• HOWE, WILLIAM HOWE, 5TH VISCOUNT (1729-1814)

Howe, was a See also:

• SHIP

ship-owner and cordage manufacturer; and his See also:

• MOTHER

mother, Patty Gridley, was one of the most beautiful See also:

• WOMEN

women of her See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

Young Howe was educated at Boston and at See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

Brown University, See also:

• PROVIDENCE

Providence, and in 1821 began to study See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine in Boston . But fired by See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm for the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek revolution and by See also:

• BYRON, GEORGE GORDON BYRON, 6TH BARON (1788-1824)
• BYRON, HENRY JAMES (1834-1884)
• BYRON, HON
• BYRON, JOHN BYRON

Byron's example, he was no sooner qualified and admitted to practice than he abandoned these prospects and took ship for See also:

• GREECE

Greece, where he joined the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army and spent six years of hardship amid scenes of warfare . Then, to raise funds for the cause, he returned to See also:

• AMERICA

America; his fervid appeals enabled him to collect about $6o,000, which he spent on provisions and clothing, and he established a See also:

• RELIEF

relief See also:

• DEPOT (from the Fr. depot, Lat. depositum, laid down; the French accent marks are usually dispensed with in English)

depot near See also:

• AEGINA
• AEGINA (EGINA or ENGIA)

Aegina, where he started See also:

• WORKS

works for the refugees, the existing See also:

• QUAY
• QUAY, MATTHEW STANLEY (1833-1904)

quay, or American See also:

• MOLE
• MOLE, LOUIS MATHIEU, COMTE (1781—1855)
• MOLE, MATHIEU (1584—1656)

Mole, being built in this way . He formed another See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony of exiles on the See also:

• ISTHMUS (Gr.io0pbs, neck)

Isthmus of See also:

• CORINTH
• CORINTH, ISTHMUS OF

Corinth . He wrote a See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Greek Revolution, which was published in 1828, and in 1831 he returned to America . Here a new See also:

• OBJECT

object of See also:

• INTEREST

interest engaged him . Through his friend Dr See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John D . See also:

• FISHER
• FISHER, ALVAN (1792–1863)
• FISHER, GEORGE PARK (1827-1909)
• FISHER, JOHN (c. 1469-1535)
• FISHER, JOHN ARBUTHNOT FISHER, 1ST BARON

Fisher (d . 185o), a Boston physician who had started a See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement there as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1826 for establishing a school for the See also:

• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

blind, he had learnt of the similar school founded in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris by Valentin See also:

• HAUY, RENE JUST (1743-1822)

Hauy, and it was proposed to Howe by a See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee organized by Fisher that he should See also:

• DIRECT

direct the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of a " New See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England See also:

• ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid earl, right'of seizure)
• ASYLUM, RIGHT OF (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht)

Asylum for the Blind " at Boston .

He took up the project with characteristic ardour, and set out at once for See also:

• EUROPE

Europe to investigate the problem . There he was temporarily diverted from his task by becoming mixed up with the See also:

• POLISH

Polish revolt, and, in pursuit of a See also:

• MISSION

mission to carry American contributions across the Prussian frontier, he was arrested and imprisoned at See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, but was at last released through the intervention of the American See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister at Paris . Returning to Boston in See also:

• JULY

July 1832, he began receiving a few blind See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children at his father's See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house in Pleasant See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, and thus sowed the See also:

• SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed which See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew into the famous See also:

• PERKINS, CHARLES CALLAHAN (1823-1886)
• PERKINS, JACOB (1766-1849)

Perkins Institution . In See also:

• JANUARY

January 1833 the funds available were all spent, but so much progress had been shown that the legislature voted $6000, later increased to $30,000 a See also:

• YEAR

year, to the institution on See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition that it should educate gratuitously twenty poor blind from the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state; See also:

• MONEY

money was also contributed from See also:

• SALEM

Salem, and from Boston, and See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas H . Perkins, a prominent Bostonian, presented his See also:

• MANSION (through O. Fr. mansion, mod. maison, from Lat. mansio, dwelling-place, stage on a journey; manere, to remain)

mansion and grounds in See also:

• PEARL
• PEARL, THE

Pearl Street for the school to be held there in See also:

• PERPETUITY (Lat. perpetuus, continuous)

perpetuity . This See also:

• BUILDING

building being later found unsuitable, Colonel Perkins consented to its See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale, and in 1839 the institution was moved to See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Boston, to a large building which had previously been an hotel . It was henceforth known as the " Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum (or, since 1877, School) for the Blind." Howe was director, and the See also:

• LIFE

life and soul of the school; he opened a See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing-See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office and organized a fund for printing for the blind—the first done in America; and he was unwearied in calling public See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to the See also:

• WORK

work . The Institution, through him, became one of the intellectual centres of American philanthropy, and by degrees obtained more and more See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial support . In 1837 Dr Howe went still further and brought the famous blind See also:

• DEAF

deaf-See also:

• MUTE (Lat. tnutus, dumb)

mute, Laura See also:

• BRIDGMAN, FREDERICK ARTHUR (1847– )
• BRIDGMAN, LAURA DEWEY (1829–1889)

Bridgman (q.v.) to the school . It must suffice here to See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

chronicle the remaining more important facts in Dr Howe's life, outside his See also:

• REGULAR

regular work . In 1843 he married Julia See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

Ward (see above), daughter of a New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York banker, and they made a prolonged See also:

• EUROPEAN

European trip, on which Dr Howe spent much See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in visiting those public institutions which carried out the See also:

• OBJECTS

objects specially interesting to him . In See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, in 1844, his eldest daughter, Julia See also:

• ROMANA

Romana (afterwards the wife of See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael Anagnos, Dr Howe's assistant and successor), was born, and in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September the travellers returned to America, and Dr Howe resumed his activities .

In 1846 he became interested in the condition and treatment of idiots, and particularly in the experiments of Dr Guggenbuhl on the cretins of See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland . He became chairman of a state See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission of inquiry into the number and condition of idiots in Massachusetts, and the See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report of this commission, presented in 1848, caused a profound sensation . An See also:

• APPROPRIATION (from Lat. appropriare, to set aside)

appropriation of $2500 per annum was made for training ten idiot children under Dr Howe's supervision, and by degrees the value of his School for Idiotic and Feeble-minded Youths, which, starting in South Boston, was in 1890 removed to See also:

• WALTHAM

Waltham, was generally appreciated . It was the first of its See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind in the See also:

• UNITED

United States . An enthusiastic humanitarian on all subjects, Dr Howe was an ardent abolitionist and a member of the See also:

• FREE

Free See also:

• SOIL

Soil party, and had played a leading See also:

• PART

part at Boston in the movements which culminated in the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War . When it See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out he was an active member of the sanitary commission . In 1871 he was sent to Santo Domingo as a member of the commission appointed by See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

Grant to examine the condition of the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of which desired See also:

• ANNEXATION (Lat. ad, to, and nexus, joining)

annexation; and when that See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme was defeated through See also:

• SUMNER, CHARLES (1811--1874)
• SUMNER, CHARLES RICHARD (1790-1874)
• SUMNER, EDWIN VOSE (1797-1863)
• SUMNER, JOHN BIRD (1780-1862)
• SUMNER, WILLIAM GRAHAM (1840-1910)

Sumner's opposition he returned (1872) as the representative of the Samana See also:

• BAY

Bay See also:

• COMPANY

Company, which proposed to take a See also:

• LEASE (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. laxare, to loosen)

lease of the Samana See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula; but though in 1874 he revisited the island, it was only to see the See also:

• FLAG (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

flag of the company hauled down . His See also:

• HEALTH

health was then breaking and began soon after to fail rapidly, and on the 9th of January 1876 he died at Boston . The See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the state sent a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• MESSAGE (a word occurring in slightly different forms in several languages, e.g. Fr. message, Span. mensaje, Ital. messagio; adapted from the Low Lat. missaticum, from mittere)

message of grief to the legislature on his See also:

• DEATH

death, eulogies were delivered in the two houses, and a public memorial service was held, at which Dr O . W . See also:

• HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL (18o9-1894)

Holmes read a poem . See also:

• WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF (1807-1892)

Whittier had in his lifetime commemorated him in his poem " The See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

Hero," in which he called him " the See also:

• CADMUS

Cadmus of the blind "; and in 1901 a centennial celebration of his See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth was held at Boston, at which, among other notable tributes, Senator See also:

• HOAR, SAMUEL (1778-1856)

Hoar spoke of Howe as " one of the See also:

• GREAT

great figures of American history." A Memoir of Dr Howe by his wife appeared in 1876 .

See also the Letters and See also:

• JOURNALS

Journals of S . G . Howe, edited by Laura E . See also:

• RICHARDS, ALFRED BATE (182o-1876)
• RICHARDS, HENRY BRINLEY (1819-1865)
• RICHARDS, WILLIAM TROST (1833-1905)

Richards (1910) . (H .