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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet is an American educator. Together with Laurent Clerc and Mason Cogswell, he co-founded the first permanent organization devoted to deaf education in North America, and he became its first director. When it opened on April 15, 1817, it was called Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Mute, but now it is called American School for the Deaf and Deaf.
BornDecember 10, 1787, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
DiedSeptember 10, 1851, Hartford, Connecticut, US
OccupationMinister, educator, co-founder of the first permanent school for the deaf in North America.
Spouse(s)Sophia Fowler

About Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

Teacher Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was born on December 10, 1787 in Pennsylvania, United States (He dies at the age of 63, on September 10, 1851).

Educational pioneer who co-founded the American School for the Deaf, the first institution for deaf education in North America, alongside Laurent Clerc and Mason Cogswell. He was also the first principal of the institution.

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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet before becoming famous

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was born in the Zodiac sign Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer), and 1787 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Goat (羊).

He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Yale University with a master's degree in 1808. After graduating from Andover Theological Seminary, he went on to become a pastor.

Achievement of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

In June 1983, the United States Postal Service published a twenty-cent stamp in his honor.

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Sophia Fowler, his wife, was a previous student of his. Edward Miner Gallaudet, who created what would later become Gallaudet University, the first college for the deaf, was one of their eight children.

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet Collabed with

After meeting a nine-year-old Activist Alice Cogswell, he was encouraged to pursue deaf teaching.

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet Income & Net worth

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