Richard Aslatt Pearce
Reverend Richard Aslatt Pearce | |
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Lithograph from photo by Hills & Saunders of Oxford | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 9 January 1855 |
| Died | 21 July 1928 (aged 73) Winchester |
| Nationality | British |
| Home town | Winchester |
| Spouse | Frances Mary Monck |
| Parent | Richard S. Pearce |
| Alma mater | Christ Church Lodge, Winchester |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Institute | Winchester Diocesan Mission to the Deaf and Dumb |
| Church | Mission Church, Oak Road, Southampton (demolished) |
| Ordination | Deacon 1885 Chaplain to the Deaf and Dumb |
Richard Aslatt Pearce (9 January 1855 – 21 July 1928) was the first deaf person to be ordained as an Anglican clergyman. He was educated via the sign language of his era, he became Chaplain to the Deaf and Dumb, and he fulfilled this duty in the Southampton area for the rest of his life. In 1885 he was introduced to Queen Victoria, who then ordered the Royal Commission on the Blind, the Deaf and Dumb and Others of the United Kingdom, 1889.