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- Howard_Hille_Johnson abstract "Howard Hille Johnson (February 19, 1846 – February 8, 1913) was a blind American educator and writer in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia. Johnson was instrumental in campaigning for the establishment of the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind in 1870, after which he taught blind students at the institution's School for the Blind for 43 years.Johnson was born in 1846 near Franklin in Pendleton County, Virginia (now West Virginia) to the affluent and prominent Johnson family. His father, Colonel Jacob F. Johnson, represented Pendleton County in the West Virginia Legislature and his grandfather, James Johnson, represented the county in the Virginia General Assembly. Like his elder brother James, Johnson was born with severe vision impairment that developed into total blindness within a few years after his birth. Johnson and his brother received their early education at home from a governess. Johnson subsequently furthered his education at the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, a common school in Franklin during the American Civil War, and a classical school in New Market. During the course of his studies at New Market, Johnson made considerable progress in the subjects of mathematics, literature, science, and foreign languages.In 1865, Johnson returned to Franklin, where he and his brother conducted a private classical school together. Johnson undertook advanced studies at the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind for the benefit of his teaching profession from 1866 to 1867. He again returned to Franklin and established a public school operating under the provisions of the free education system. The following year in 1868, Johnson was offered a teaching position in Moorefield, where he instructed at a public school.In early 1869, Johnson identified the need for a school for the blind in the new state of West Virginia. Following statehood, deaf and blind children in West Virginia attended schools for the deaf and blind in neighboring U.S. states with West Virginia paying for their tuition. Johnson began corresponding with West Virginia Governor William E. Stevenson and embarked upon a canvassing campaign across West Virginia to arouse public support and improve public opinion of a school for the blind. Despite rebukes from prominent West Virginian politicians, Johnson became the leading advocate for a state institution for the blind. He and other educated blind people presented an exhibition in the West Virginia House of Delegates legislative chamber, which was greeted with praise from West Virginia legislators. The bill for the school's establishment was finally put before the West Virginia House of Delegates for a vote, and before it became state law, "deaf and dumb" was inserted before the word "blind" in every instance within the bill. The final version of the bill establishing the "West Virginia Institution for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind" became state law on March 3, 1870. At the time of the institution's establishment, Johnson was only 24 years of age. For his efforts, Johnson is credited by West Virginia historians as the founder of the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind. Johnson served on the school's inaugural Board of Regents, and was later selected as its "principal teacher." The school commenced its operation of its first academic session on September 29, 1870. Johnson taught in the schools' blind department continuously for 43 years until his death in 1913. In addition to being an academic and an educator, Johnson was a writer of both prose and verse and served as a member of the Romney Literary Society.".
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- Howard_Hille_Johnson deathDate "1913-02-08".
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- Howard_Hille_Johnson deathYear "1913".
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- Howard_Hille_Johnson children "George N. Johnson".
- Howard_Hille_Johnson children "H. Guy Johnson".
- Howard_Hille_Johnson children "Leila B. Johnson".
- Howard_Hille_Johnson children "Lucy N. Johnson".
- Howard_Hille_Johnson children "William T. Johnson".
- Howard_Hille_Johnson dateOfBirth "1846-02-19".
- Howard_Hille_Johnson dateOfDeath "1913-02-08".
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- Howard_Hille_Johnson deathPlace "Romney, West Virginia, United States".
- Howard_Hille_Johnson education Virginia_School_for_the_Deaf_and_the_Blind.
- Howard_Hille_Johnson education "New Market Polytechnic Institute".
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- Howard_Hille_Johnson homeTown "Franklin, Virginia , United States".
- Howard_Hille_Johnson knownFor "founding the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind".
- Howard_Hille_Johnson name "Howard Hille Johnson".
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- Howard_Hille_Johnson occupation "Schoolteacher, poet, and writer".
- Howard_Hille_Johnson parents "Jacob F. Johnson".
- Howard_Hille_Johnson placeOfBirth "Friend's Run near Franklin, Virginia , United States".
- Howard_Hille_Johnson placeOfDeath "Romney, West Virginia, United States".
- Howard_Hille_Johnson quote "Ah, veiled and clouded in eternal night,".
- Howard_Hille_Johnson quote "And landscapes, smiling in the mellow light,".
- Howard_Hille_Johnson quote "On me expend their holy charms in vain.".
- Howard_Hille_Johnson quote "The opening blossom, and the verdant plain,".
- Howard_Hille_Johnson quote "The wisdom and thoroughness of Mr. Johnson's home training are credited by him with whatever he has been able to accomplish, either for himself or his fellows under the like cloud of blindness, to the amelioration of whose condition he has devoted himself with singleness of heart.".
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- Howard_Hille_Johnson relatives "James Johnson".
- Howard_Hille_Johnson residence "Romney, West Virginia, United States".
- Howard_Hille_Johnson restingPlace "Indian Mound Cemetery, Romney, West Virginia, United States".
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- Howard_Hille_Johnson source "Howard Hille Johnson, "Blindness"".
- Howard_Hille_Johnson source "— Hu Maxwell and Howard Llewellyn Swisher, History of Hampshire County, West Virginia: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present".
- Howard_Hille_Johnson spouse "Elizabeth Neale".
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