William Robson Scott
1811–77
Teacher. Principal of the West of England Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, 1841–77. In his book, The deaf and dumb, he provided the earliest comprehensive linguistic analysis of British Sign Language.
Sources
Arnold 1901, pp. 74–5
BMD (Death index)
Branson and Miller 2002, p. 158
Bibliography
Arnold, Thomas. 1901. On the education of the deaf. A manual for teachers. Revised and re-written by A. Farrar. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co.
BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.
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