Halifax School for the Deaf
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halifax-school-for-the-deaf-293-2071630
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Halifax School for the Deaf
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The Halifax School for the Deaf was an institution in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, which opened on 4 August 1856. It was the first school of the deaf in Atlantic Canada. There was later a dispute over who the true founder was, William Gray (1806-1881), a deaf Scottish immigrant who was the first teacher in the back room of a house in Argyle Street, or George Tait (1828-1904), another deaf Scot, who claimed to have been the driving force behind the establishment of the school. Gray was sacked in
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_School_for_the_Deaf
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2023-12-05T04:39:45Z
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