Edmund Lyon

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Birth name Aliases
Edmund Lyon None
Birth date Birth place
1855 Burnt Hills, Saratoga County, NY USA
Date of death Place of death
April 23, 1920 Rochester, NY
Known for
Inventor, humanitarian, philanthropist, and manufacturer.
Occupation(s)
Teacher, Inventor
Website
[WWW]http://www.lib.rochester.edu/index.cfm?PAGE=970

Edmund Lyon was an inventor, humanitarian, philanthropist, and manufacturer. Edmund Lyon Park and Edmund Lyon Crescent are named in his honor.

He was also a volunteer teacher at the Western New York Institute for Deaf-Mutes (later renamed the Rochester School for the Deaf).