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The Royal School for the Blind in Liverpool, England, is the oldest specialist school of its kind in the UK, having been founded in 1791.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/youandyours/yy_20040412.shtml )〕 Only the Paris school is older, but the Royal School for the Blind is the oldest school in the world in continuous operation, and the first in the world founded by a blind person, Edward Rushton. It was also the first school in the world to offer education and training to blind adults as well as children.〔(''The Blind in British Society: Charity, State and Community c1780-1930'' ) Gordon Phillips, 2004 Ashgate Publishing Ltd.〕 The 1932 extension was designed by the architects Anthony Minoprio and Hugh Spencely.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://liverpoolwalks.co.uk/002/blind09v.htm )〕 In 2010, the School's headmaster, Joseph Byrne, was appointed OBE.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-12093898 )〕 In 2011, the school was cited as one of the reasons (along with local blind charity Bradbury Fields) for UK supermarket Sainsbury's choice to use a store in nearby Woolton for its trial of Braille signage.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Sainsburys in Woolton is first in UK to have braille signage for blind customers )〕 The Redwall series of books was first written for pupils at the School〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-12380763 )〕 when its author Brian Jacques worked there as a delivery driver.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.redwall.org/about.html )〕 == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Royal School for the Blind, Liverpool」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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