Category:John Collins Covell
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English: John Collins Covell (December 19, 1823 – June 4, 1887) was an American educator and school administrator specializing in deaf education. Covell served as Principal of the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind (1862–1872) and of the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind (1874–1887), where he is credited for reorganizing and growing the institution under his leadership. Covell briefly served as a Major in the Confederate States Army staff of Brigadier General Henry A. Wise during the American Civil War.
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Date of birth | 19 December 1823 Newport | ||||
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Date of death | 4 June 1887 Romney | ||||
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- Educators from Rhode Island
- Educators from Virginia
- Educators from West Virginia
- Members of the Romney Literary Society
- Male writers from the United States
- Confederate States Army officers
- People of Newport, Rhode Island
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- People of Somerset County, Maryland
- People of Staunton, Virginia
- People of the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind
- People of Virginia in the American Civil War
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- Writers from Rhode Island
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- Education in Hampshire County, West Virginia
- Births in Newport, Rhode Island
- Covell (surname)