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Years: 1791 - 1791
The Royal School for the Blind in Liverpool, England, is the oldest specialist school of its kind in the UK, having been founded in 1791.
Only the Paris school is older, but the Royal School for the Blind is the oldest school in the world in continuous operation, and the first in the world founded by a blind person, Edward Rushton, who is also an anti-slavery campaigner.
It is also the first school in the world to offer education and training to blind adults as well as children.
Only the Paris school is older, but the Royal School for the Blind is the oldest school in the world in continuous operation, and the first in the world founded by a blind person, Edward Rushton, who is also an anti-slavery campaigner.
It is also the first school in the world to offer education and training to blind adults as well as children.
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