ARGIOLAS, ANTONIO. – Priest, educator: b. at Pirri (Cagliari) on 14 October 1834, d. at Cagliari on 27 June 1914. Having earned a doctorate in theology, he devoted his entire existence, through study and work, to the education of the deaf-mute. After attending the School of Method for Teaching the Deaf-Mute in Milan and obtaining his diploma there in 1871, from 1882 until his death he devoted himself to the service of these unfortunate persons, according to his own system, called “maternal-grammatical.” The writings he left attest to how he placed all his ingenuity and all his heart in this apostolate of goodness, and reveal personal and original insights into methods of teaching. We recall: La conversazione, la grammatica e la composizione nelle scuole dei sordomuti (Cagliari 1906); La grammatica dei miei sordomuti (ivi 1910); Dialoghetti familiari per le scuole dei sordomuti (ivi 1910), etc.
Rosario Guido Tentori