Richard Kinney | |
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Born | June 21, 1923 East Sparta |
Died | February 19, 1979 (aged 55) Evanston Hospital |
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Occupation | University teacher |
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Richard Kinney (June 21, 1923 – February 19, 1979) was an American educator and school administrator. Blind at age six and deaf by age twenty, Kinney was the third deafblind person in the United States to earn a college degree. Kinney published four volumes of poetry and was president of the Hadley School for the Blind from 1975 until his death in 1979.