Historedia
Person

Edward Rushton

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1791

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Edward Rushton, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Founding of the School for the Indigent Blind in Liverpool

    1791

    Role: Founder; blind poet, writer, bookseller and anti-slavery campaigner

    1. 1791 · Liverpool School for the Indigent BlindFirst School Founded by a Blind Person

      The school was the first in the world founded by a blind person, and the oldest in continuous operation, surpassed in age only by the Paris institute.

    2. January 1791 · Liverpool School for the Indigent BlindFounding of the Liverpool School for the Indigent Blind

      Edward Rushton, a blind former sailor and abolitionist, established the Liverpool School for the Indigent Blind, which opened in January 1791.

Sources

  1. Edward Rushton Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-09
  2. Royal School for the Blind, Liverpool Wikipedia, revision of 2026-03-29