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Royal School for the Blind, Liverpool

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Edward Rushton portrait
Edward Rushton portrait

The Royal School for the Blind in Liverpool, England, is the oldest specialist school of its kind in the UK, having been founded in 1791. Only the Paris school is older, but the Royal School for the Blind is the oldest school in the world in continuous operation, and the first in the world founded by a blind person, Edward Rushton, who was also an anti-slavery campaigner. It was also the first school in the world to offer education and training to blind adults as well as children.

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Royal School for the Blind, Liverpool
Church Road North, Liverpool Wavertree

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Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool)

Church Road North
L15 6TQ Liverpool, Wavertree
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