John Dutton Wright

Born in Fredonia, New York, in 1866, John Dutton Wright became an influential educator of deaf children. Sources consistently describe him as a pioneer in deaf education and an advocate of acoustic and auricular training. He founded the Wright Oral School for the Deaf in New York City in the 1890s and later continued his work through correspondence lessons for parents after moving to Santa Barbara, California.

Wright also wrote books intended to guide and reassure families, including What the Mother of a Deaf Child Ought to Know and The Little Deaf Child. His writing is practical and direct, reflecting his long experience as a teacher and school founder.

He died in 1952. A suitable verified portrait image could not be confirmed from the sources reviewed during this session, so no profile image is included.