About William A. Hadley
Lived 1860 – 1941 (aged 80–81). William A. Hadley was an American academic.
William Allen Hadley (1860–1941), was an American educator, academic administrator, and advocate for the blind. He was the founder of the Hadley School for the Blind in Winnetka, Illinois.
Biography William Allen Hadley is born on February 24, 1860, in Mooresville, Indiana.
Timeline 1920 - Hadley and Dr. E.V.L. Brown, an ophthalmologist and friend, found the Hadley Correspondence School for the Blind. November 1920 - A woman in Kansas becomes the first Hadley student to enroll to learn "braille by mail." By 1938 - More than 1,000 home-study (distance education) courses have been sent to blind students throughout the U.S.
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American academic
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William A. Hadley was born in 1860 in Mooresville.
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William A. Hadley died in 1941.
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William A. Hadley was an academic.
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