Thomas Gallaudet was instrumental in promoting education for the deaf in the mid-1800s. He founded the first school for the deaf in the United States, the American School for the Deaf, and developed teaching methods that focused on sign language and visual communication to help deaf students learn and communicate effectively. Gallaudet's work laid the foundation for deaf education in the United States and helped to empower deaf individuals through education.
Thomas Gallaudet's main contribution to education was his work in establishing the first American school for the deaf in Hartford, Connecticut. This school was instrumental in developing techniques for teaching deaf students, including the use of sign language. Gallaudet's efforts helped to revolutionize education for the deaf in the United States.
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.
His father's name was Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. His mother was Sophia Fowlet Gallaudet.
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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
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet is largely credited for the development of education for the deaf in the United States. He founded the first permanent school for the deaf in America, the American School for the Deaf in Connecticut, in 1817 and played a key role in establishing deaf education as a formal field of study.
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Horace Mann, Catherine Beecher, Emma Willard, Mary Lyon, Samuel Gridley Howe, and Thomas Gallaudet.
opened a school for the deaf
Orginally it was Hartford Asylum for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb on April 15, 1817 in the old Bennet's City Hotel, Hartford, Connecticut. it evolved into Gallaudet Univesity.