Anne Sullivan their roles as Sullivan and Keller in the 1962 film version "The Miracle Worker". Anne Sullivan Johanna Mansfield Sullivan Macy (April 14, 1866 – October 20, 1936), better known as Anne Sullivan, was an American teacher, best known for being the instructor and lifelong companion of Helen Keller. At the age of five, Sullivan contracted trachoma, an eye disease, which left her blind and without reading or writing skills. She received her education as a student of the Perkins School for the Blind where upon graduation she became a teacher to Keller when she was 20. Sullivan was born on
Timothy Sullivan (Irish judge) Timothy Sullivan (Irish judge) Timothy Sullivan (6 January 1874 – 1949) was an Irish judge who served as Chief Justice of Ireland from 1936 to 1946, a Justice of the Supreme Court from 1924 to 1946, President of the High Court and a Judge of the High Court from 1924 to 1936. He was born in Dublin, the third son of Timothy Daniel Sullivan, a prominent Home Rule MP and Lord Mayor of Dublin. Through his sister Anne who married Dr. Thomas Higgins he was the uncle of Kevin O'Higgins and great-uncle of another Chief Justice, Tom O'Higgins. His aunt