Alston, John , (1778-1846), director of the Glasgow Asylum for the Blind

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Surname:	Alston
Forenames:	John
Gender:	Male
Date:	1778-1846
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P319218 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P63053 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1818-1887: Braille books, primarily published by John Alston of the Glasgow Asylum for the Blind with material published by other prominent Braille publishers such as William Moon (1818–1894) of Sussex, who invented a system incorporating a mixture of embossed symbols and letters and James Gall (1808-1895) of Edinburgh	Special Collections, The Mitchell Library	59040, 59090, 63576, 83688, 98740, 103435, 106520, 114144-147, 152963, 172704, 831026, 890069	See Annual Return 2022