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