Braidwood, THOMAS, born in 1715, studied at Edinburgh University. He settled as a school-master there, and after 1760 became famous as a teacher of the Deaf and Dumb (q.v.). His school, which was visited by Dr Johnson, was afterwards transferred to Hackney, London, where Braidwood died, 24th September 1798.
Braidwood, THOMAS
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 388
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