A Philanthropist of the Last Century Identified As a Boston Man.

The article presents an exploration into the life and educational advocacy work of the 18th-century Boston, Massachusetts resident Francis Green. Details are given connecting Green to the anonymous pseudonym Philocophos, under which several of the first educational treatises on working with deaf and mute people were published in the U.S. A biographical profile is included for Green's life, highlighting his pedagogical experience with deaf and mute students at the Braidwood Academy in Edinburgh, Scotland. Mention is also given to Green's work with fellow education advocate the Abbé de L'Epée.