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Title: 18-Jun

Body: 1841 Wesley Connor, known as the father of education for the deaf in Georgia, was born near Anderson, South Carolina. As a youth, he moved to Cave Spring, Georgia to live with a sister. Here, in 1857, he began work at what would become known as the Georgia School for the Deaf. The school closed during the Civil War, but re-opened in 1867, with Connor as principal. He served as principal of the school for 49 years, becoming nationally respected for his work with deaf students and becoming associated with others in the field, most notably Alexander Graham Bell and Helen Keller. Connor died in Cave Spring on Feb. 18, 1920.

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