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  2. Laura Bridgman - Wikipedia

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    Laura Dewey Lynn Bridgman (December 21, 1829 – May 24, 1889) was the first deaf-blind American child to gain a significant education in the English language, forty-five years before the more famous Helen Keller; Bridgman’s friend Anne Sullivan became Helen Keller's aide.

  3. A Visit from St. Nicholas - Wikipedia

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    The cover of a series of illustrations for the "Night Before Christmas", published as part of the Public Works Administration project in 1934 by Helmuth F. Thoms "A Visit from St. Nicholas", routinely referred to as "The Night Before Christmas" and "' Twas the Night Before Christmas" from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously under the title "Account of a Visit from St ...

  4. Cecil Frances Alexander - Wikipedia

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    Her husband also wrote several books of poetry, of which the best known is St. Augustine's Holiday and other Poems. She was six years older than the clergyman, causing great family concern. [ 4 ] Alexander published Poems on Subjects in the Old Testament in 1854, which includes the poem "The Burial of Moses," often utilized by Mark Twain during ...

  5. 'Twas the Night Before Christmas Full Poem and History - AOL

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    'Twas the Night Before Christmas History. The poem, originally titled A Visit or A Visit From St. Nicholas, was first published anonymously on Dec. 23, 1823, in a Troy, New York newspaper called ...

  6. Henry Livingston Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Henry Beekman Livingston Jr. (October 13, 1748 – February 29, 1828) was an American poet, and has been proposed as being the uncredited author of the 1823 poem A Visit from St. Nicholas, more popularly known (after its first line) as The Night Before Christmas. Credit for the poem was taken in 1837 by Clement Clarke Moore, a Bible scholar in ...

  7. Ella Mae Lentz - Wikipedia

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    Lentz is widely known in the deaf community for her poetry. [11] Many people have analyzed and studied her poems. [citation needed] The Treasure: Poems by Ella Mae Lentz; on YouTube; The Poem "The Door" video poems

  8. Pastor column: Recapturing the emotions of the first Christmas

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    The story of Christmas is about God reaching out in love to make peace with men. God expressed His love by giving the gift of His Son. The gift that is given often tells you much about the giver.

  9. Dorothy Miles - Wikipedia

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    Dorothy "Dot" Miles (née Squire; 19 August 1931 - 30 January 1993) was a Welsh poet and activist in the Deaf community.Throughout her life, she composed her poems in English, British Sign Language, and American Sign Language.