Sir Arthur Pearson (1866-1921), English newspaper and magazine publisher, seen at his wife's stall in Trafalgar Square on St. Dunstan's Day. Sir Arthur founded St. Dunstan's hostel for blinded soldiers and sailors during the First World War to aid rehabilitation of men who had lost their sight during the conflict. Blind himself, he never considered blindness an 'affliction.' Instead, he thought of it as a handicap which through patience and perserverance could be surmounted. It was a maxim that was embodied in the spirit of St. Dunstan's and led to Pearson being lauded, 'the blind leader of the blind.'