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Father of the Blind
Dr Andrew Norman
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Description for Father of the Blind
Hardback. A biography of Arthur Pearson - an extraordinary man who refused to consider blindness an affliction, but rather a handicap which could be overcome. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
In August 1914, Arthur Pearson, a former newspaper magnate, learned of a Belgian soldier who was languishing in a London hospital. The man had been blinded by a rifle bullet during the siege of Liege, and Pearson felt sympathy for the man, having himself been blinded by glaucoma. He resolved to work to prevent blinded Allied servicemen from returning home, only to slip into 'hopeless and useless lives'. He therefore opened St Dunstan's in 1915, a hostel where returning soldiers could 'learn to be blind', where they were taught Braille and a trade, equipping them to re-enter the world as ... Read more
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Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752451824
SKU
V9780752451824
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Ref
99-50
About Dr Andrew Norman
Andrew Norman was born in Newbury, Berkshire, UK in 1943. Having been educated at Thornhill High School, Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, he qualified in medicine at the Radcliffe Infirmary. He has two children Bridget and Thomas, by his first wife. From 1972-83, Andrew worked as a general practitioner in Poole, Dorset, ... Read more
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