Samuel Gridley Howe
American physician and abolitionist (1801-1876) · United States · On the map · Doctors · Died at 74
Samuel Gridley Howe was an American physician, abolitionist, and advocate of education for the blind. He organized and was the first director of the Perkins Institution. In 1824, he went to Greece to serve as a surgeon in the Greek War of Independence.
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Samuel Gridley Howe painted in the dress of a Greek soldier by John Elliott. Elliott married Howe's daughter Maud Howe.
Perkins School, prior to 1915
Between 1863 and 1866, Samuel Gridley and Julia Ward Howe lived at 13 Chestnut Street in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston.
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He arranged for support for refugees and brought many Greek children back to Boston with him for their education.
