James Scott Hutton

James Scott Hutton was the first principal of the Halifax School for the Deaf, who remained with the school for 34 years.[1] The Halifax School for the Deaf was the first school of the deaf in Atlantic Canada (1856). Along with teaching sign language, Hutton followed the lead of fellow Nova Scotian and advocate for the deaf Alexander Graham Bell by integrating lip-reading into the curriculum.

James Scott Hutton, first principal of the Halifax School for the Deaf

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  • MR. J. S. HUTTON'S TEXT-BOOKS. American Annals of the Deaf and Dumb, Vol. 16, No. 3 (JULY, 1871), pp. 196-201
  • J. Scott Hutton. STATISTICS OF THE DEAF AND DUMB IN THE LOWER PROVINCES OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. American Annals of the Deaf and Dumb, Vol. 14, No. 1 (JANUARY, 1869), pp. 1-20
  • DEAF MUTE EDUCATION IN THE BRITISH MARITIME PROVINCES. American Annals of the Deaf and Dumb, Vol. 14, No. 2 (APRIL, 1869), pp. 65-82



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