Educators.
From the description of T.H. Gallaudet and Edward Miner Gallaudet papers, 1806-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80754719
Philadelphia-born educator; pioneer in teaching of the deaf.
From the description of ALS : Hartford, to James McFarlane Mathews, 1832 July 5. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122316930
Biographical Note
T. H. Gallaudet
1787, Dec. 10
Born, Philadelphia, Pa.
1805
B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
1808
M.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
1814
Graduated, Andover Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass., and
became a minister
circa 1815
1817
Traveled to England and France to learn ways for teaching
deaf people; studied with Abbeé Sicard in Paris, where he learned sign
language
1817
Helped found and direct American Asylum, at Hartford, for
the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb, Hartford, Conn.
1821
Married Sara Fowle
1851, Sept. 10
1851, Sept. 10
Edward Miner Gallaudet
1837, Feb. 5
Born, Hartford, Conn.
1855
1857
Taught at school for the deaf founded by his father in
Hartford, Conn.
1856
Graduated, Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.
1857
Became first principal of Columbia Institution for the Deaf
and Blind, Washington, D.C.
1858
Married Jane M. Fessenden (died 1866)
1864
1910
President, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.
1868
Married Susan Skinner Denison
1879
Published
A Manual of International Law. New
York [etc.]: A. S. Barnes & Co.
1880
Delegate to international convention of instructors of the
deaf, Milan, Italy
1886
Invited by British government to visit London, England, to
testify before a royal commission on the blind, deaf, and dumb
1888
Published
Life of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Founder
of Deaf-Mute Instruction in America. New York: H. Holt and Co.
1917, Sept. 26
Died, Hartford, Conn.
From the guide to the T. H. Gallaudet and Edward Miner Gallaudet Papers, 1806-1958, (bulk 1806-1917), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)