Anne Sullivan 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 April 14, 1866, in Feeding Hills, Agawam, Massachusetts. According to her baptismal certificate, her
William Matheus Sullivan William Matheus Sullivan William Matheus Sullivan (1885-1947) was a prominent lawyer and his passion for classical music led him to become the founder of a renowned music festival. Moreover, at his death, The William Matheus Sullivan Musical Foundation (also known the Sullivan Foundation) was founded by his bequest. William Matheus Sullivan was born in 1885, in Brooklyn, New York. Sullivan became the Metropolitan Opera's attorney and he was the attorney also of many of the Met singers. He sponsored singers and musicians who would become famous in their own fields. In 1936 Sullivan moved to a large house in Ridgefield,