Thomas Rhodes Armitage (2 Mata 1824 - 23 Ukwakira 1890) yari umuhanga m'ubyubugenge m’Ubwongereza, akaba yarashinze ikigo cy’igihugu cy’abafite ubumuga bwo kutabona . [1] [2]

Thomas Armitage

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Yavukiye i Tilgate muri Sussex mu muryango w'abaherwe bo mu nganda za Yorkshire, umuhungu wa James Armitage (1793–1872) na Anne Elizabeth Armitage née Rhodes (1788–1833), wa Farnley Hall, mu majyepfo ya Leeds, Yorkshire . Sekuru James (1730–1803) yaguze Farnley Hall kwa Sir Thomas Danby (wo mu muryango wa Thomas Danby, umuyobozi wa mbere wa Leeds) mu 1799, naho mu 1844 abavandimwe bane ba Armitage (harimo na se) bashinze Farnley Ironworks, bakoresheje amakara, ibyuma n'umuriro ku isambu yabo. Murumuna we Edward Armitage yari umunyamuryango wa Royal Academy.

Armitage yari nyirarume wa Robert Armitage (MP), nyirarume wa Robert Selby Armitage, na mubyara we wa mbere yakuweho kabiri na Edward Leathley Armitage .

Yakuriye i Avranches mu Bufaransa, no i Frankfurt na Offenbach mu Budage . Yize muri Sorbonne na King's College London . Yabaye umuganga, akora imyitozo muri Dispanseri ya Marylebone, mu ntambara ya Crimée, ndetse anaba umujyanama wihariye i Londres. Yahatiwe kureka umwuga we w'ubuvuzi kubera kutabona neza, amaherezo aba impumyi.

 
thomas armitage , 1819-1896

Armitage yahisemo gufasha ibitabo kubuhumyi binyuze muburyo bwanditseho: mubwongereza ibi byari bigoye kubera ikwirakwizwa ryibipimo bitandukanye. Yashinze "Umuryango w’Abongereza n’amahanga mu guteza imbere ubuvanganzo bw’impumyi", nyuma "Ishyirahamwe ry’abatabona n’abongereza n’amahanga rishinzwe guteza imbere uburezi n’akazi k’abatabona" na (nyuma y'urupfu rwe) "Ikigo cy’igihugu cy’abatabona". . Iri tsinda ryiyemeje gukoresha sisitemu ya Louis Braille, kandi Armitage yakoranye umwete kugirango Braille yemerwe.

Mu 1871, yafashije gushinga Royal Normal College for Blind (nyuma yaje kuba Royal National College for Blind ) i Londres .

Umukobwa we Alice Stanley Armitage yakomeje imirimo ye mu Nama y’igihugu y’abatabona anategura itegeko nshinga ryayo rya mbere. [3]

Yashakanye na Harriett Black, apfa ku ya 23 Ukwakira 1890 ahitwa Thurles, County Tipperary, muri Irilande, nyuma y'impanuka yo gutwara. [2] Yashyinguwe i Magorban, Intara ya Tipperary. [3] [4]

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  1. "History of RNIB - RNIB - Supporting people with sight loss". 24 February 2014. Archived from the original on 10 July 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2208378
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Derrynaflan Trail -". www.slieveardagh.com. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  4. See his gravestone.