About John Townsend

John Townsend was a Congregationalist minister, and founder of both the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, the first public institution in England for deaf children and Caterham School.

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Occupation: philanthropist
Citizenship: Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born: 1757
Died: 1826

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John Townsend

English benefactor, born 1757

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About John Townsend

John Townsend was a Congregationalist minister, and founder of both the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, the first public institution in England for deaf children and Caterham School.

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Occupation: philanthropist
Citizenship: Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born: 1757
Died: 1826

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by ChrisKently via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).