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Benjamin Bussey Huntoon

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Benjamin Bussey Huntoon

Birth
Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
9 Aug 1919 (aged 83)
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section P, lot 714, grave #3
Memorial ID
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BENJAMIN B. HUNTOON an Educator Was Widely Known for His Inventions for the Blind.

In 1900 B. B. Huntoon, was super attendant for ,"Kentucky Institute for the Blind" 1600 State St., District 0005, Louisville Ward 01, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA.

Established by Dr Morgan Vance whose wife was Mary Josephine Huntoon.
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“[A] model of the eye, showing every part of its delicate mechanism, [is] constructed in so substantial a manner that every portion can be examined by touch…. The design of these ‘object lessons’ is to make tangible things that are visible to the seeing… but in the education of the blind they are peculiarly useful.” — B. B. Huntoon, Director,
Kentucky Institute for the Blind, 25th report (1872)






BENJAMIN B. HUNTOON an Educator Was Widely Known for His Inventions for the Blind.

In 1900 B. B. Huntoon, was super attendant for ,"Kentucky Institute for the Blind" 1600 State St., District 0005, Louisville Ward 01, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA.

Established by Dr Morgan Vance whose wife was Mary Josephine Huntoon.
.


“[A] model of the eye, showing every part of its delicate mechanism, [is] constructed in so substantial a manner that every portion can be examined by touch…. The design of these ‘object lessons’ is to make tangible things that are visible to the seeing… but in the education of the blind they are peculiarly useful.” — B. B. Huntoon, Director,
Kentucky Institute for the Blind, 25th report (1872)








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