Edmund Booth Research Paper

Edmund Booth was born on august 24,1810. He was born in Chicopee, Massachusetts. And at 3 years old he got sick with meningitis. Which caused him to become partially deaf and blind,then at 8 years old he became totally deaf. But that did not stop him from doing great things.
Edmund was one of the two children of Peter and Martha Eyre Booth. The same sickness(meningitis) killed his father. And he had a older brother named Henry. And he also married Mary ann Walworth who was also deaf. Later on they had 4 children Thomas,Harriet,Harriet emma,and Frank.
He was one of the first students of Laurent Clerc and Thomas H. Gallaudet. Edmund visited his school with his older brother and recalled “I was among strangers but knew i was home”. He also graduated at the Hartford Asylum in 1830. The Hartford
One of the reason was because he had helped in many ways. He taught the deaf many things and helped them become more comfortable in the world. He was a really smart man and he established the Iowa deaf school. He also raised awareness of the evils of slavery. And he also wrote a book.
I think one of Edmund Booth’s qualities was that he had so many jobs and that he could do all of them. He must've been a smart man to have done so much in his life. It was also interesting to me that he was a pioneer and was commonly known as one. Also that he was supposed to be one of the oldest editors in america. Another quality about Edmund was that he was smart and helped people in many ways. Edmund Booth was one of the first recorded and known enterprising deaf business owners. He also taught at the same school he graduated from which was the Hartford Asylum. He wrote a book too and it was called “Dialogue between greek patriot and an educated american deaf and dumb man”. And he founded the deaf school of Iowa which is where he also lived (Anamosa,Iowa). He also weighed 210 Lbs and was 6ft 3” and had a full beard that was