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The oldest permanent school for the deaf in the U.S is the American School for the Deaf or ASD. It was founded by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc on April 15, 1817 in Hartford, Connecticut.
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His father's name was Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. His mother was Sophia Fowlet Gallaudet.
Reverend Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, LL.D., (December 10, 1787
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet died September 10, 1851
Sophia Gallaudet was the widow of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, and mother of Edward Miner Gallaudet, who started Gallaudet University for the deaf. Sophia Gallaudet became the University's first school matron. Source: Gallaudet University website
Edward Miner Gallaudet, James Denison, Thomas Gallaudet, Isaac Lewis Peet, and Charles A. Stoddard Edward Miner Gallaudet, James Denison, Thomas Gallaudet, Isaac Lewis Peet, and Charles A. Stoddard
opened a school for the deaf
Thomas Gallaudet's, who developed a method to educate people who were hearing impaired, opened the Hartford School for the Deaf in Connecticut in 1817.
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Learningtogive.org says that he developed a lung-related illness after he graduated and died from comlications of the disease on September 10, 1851. But lifeprint.com says he and his wife contracted dysentery in 1851 and he never recovered.
Thomas Gallaudet received the Honoris Causa degree from Yale College in 1856 and the Pantheon Medal from the French Institute for the Deaf in 1862 in recognition of his contributions to the education of the deaf.
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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet