1787 - 1851 (63 years)
Has more than 100 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.
1787 - 1851 (63 years)
Birth |
10 Dec 1787 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
Died |
10 Sep 1851 |
Hartford |
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Father |
Peter Wallace Gallaudet, b. 21 Apr 1756 |
Mother |
Jane Hopkins, b. 8 May 1766 |
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Children |
| 1. Thomas Gallaudet |
| 2. Edward Miner Gallaudet |
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1756 - 1843 (87 years)
Birth |
21 Apr 1756 |
Died |
16 May 1843 |
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Family |
Jane Hopkins, b. 8 May 1766 |
Children |
+ | 1. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, b. 10 Dec 1787, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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1766 - Yes, date unknown
Birth |
8 May 1766 |
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Father |
Thomas Hopkins |
Mother |
Alice Howard |
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Family |
Peter Wallace Gallaudet, b. 21 Apr 1756 |
Children |
+ | 1. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, b. 10 Dec 1787, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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- Yes, date unknown
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Father |
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, b. 10 Dec 1787, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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Father |
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, b. 10 Dec 1787, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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Name |
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet |
Birth |
10 Dec 1787 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
10 Sep 1851 |
Hartford |
Person ID |
I363368 |
Geneagraphie |
Last Modified |
14 Jan 2002 |
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Notes |
- American educator, who devoted his life to the welfare and education of the deaf.
Educated at Yale College (now Yale University) and Andover Theological Seminary.
He became interested in the teaching of the deaf and went to Europe to learn the methods, including sign language, used there. After studying at the Institut Royal des Sourds-Muets in Paris, he returned to the United States in 1816 with a French teacher, Laurent Clerc. Helped by a land grant from Congress, the two founded the first free public school for the deaf in the U.S., the American Asylum for Deaf-Mutes (now the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut). Some of the people Gallaudet trained went on to lead similar institutions and gave a strong impetus to the previously neglected education of the deaf.
Gallaudet retired in 1830 and devoted himself to various educational causes; he advocated establishing public schools for teacher training and providing higher education for women. He died in on September 10, 1851.
His two sons, Thomas Gallaudet and Edward Miner Gallaudet, continued his work as teachers of the deaf.
Gallaudet, Thomas Hopkins," Microsoft. Encarta. Online Encyclopedia 2000
http://encarta.msn.com ) 1997-2000 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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