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Gallaudet, Thomas

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Gallaudet, Thomas (Hopkins) (1787–1851)

US educator. He studied European methods of deaf education before becoming the founding president of the first American free school for the deaf in Hartford, Connecticut (1817–30). A pioneer in training teachers of the deaf, he also actively promoted the education of African-Americans and women. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Gallaudet College in Washington, DC, is named after him. His son is Edward Gallaudet.



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