Sir Francis Joseph Campbell (October 9, 1832 – June 30, 1914[1]) was a British-American anti-slavery campaigner, teacher and also the co-founder of the Royal National College for the Blind in the United Kingdom.

[2] It was while he was teaching at Wisconsin that his anti-slavery views became publicly known and at one point he was given twenty four hours to renounce them or face being hanged.

It was during a visit to London after studying in Berlin that he called on Dr. Armitage with a letter of introduction and was invited to dinner.

Over dinner, Campbell told his host about his plans to establish a training college for the blind in the United States, but Armitage urged him to make London its home.

[1][7] He retired as principal of RNC in 1912 and was succeeded by his son, Guy Marshall Campbell.