Tom Poole

Frederick Thomas Poole MBE (26 September 1935 – 7 June 2017) was the first blind person in Britain to train and practice as a barrister. References 1935 births 2017 deaths Deaths from cancer English barristers People from Sutton Coldfield Alumni of the University of Cambridge English blind people Members of the Order of the British Empire British disability rights activists 20th-century English lawyers Blind lawyers British lawyers with disabilities Blind activists British activists with disabilities