Gallaudet, T. H. (Thomas Hopkins), 1787-1851

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Birth 1787-12-10
Death 1851-09-10
Active 1787
Active 1851

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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)

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