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W. R. (William Robert) Roe
1849–1920
A Victorian-era writer and educator, he devoted much of his work to the lives and education of deaf people. His books blend storytelling, advocacy, and firsthand experience from years spent building deaf education in Derby.
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Anecdotes & Incidents of the Deaf and Dumb
by W. R. (William Robert) Roe
About the author
Born in Heanor on March 28, 1849, William Robert Roe became an important figure in deaf education in Derby. Sources about the Royal School for the Deaf Derby say he founded the institution and began teaching after seeing how excluded deaf people were from everyday learning and religious life.
Roe is best remembered as the author of Anecdotes & Incidents of the Deaf and Dumb and Peeps into the Deaf World. Project Gutenberg lists him as Roe, W. R. (William Robert), and his writing reflects a practical, human interest approach shaped by close work with deaf pupils and communities.
He died in 1920. While a reliable portrait reference exists online, I couldn't confirm a direct, usable image file from the pages I checked, so no profile image is included here.