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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was instrumental in advancing education and advocacy for the deaf community. His efforts led to the founding of the American School for the Deaf, the first institution of its kind in the United States.

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

End of Life

Continued Advocacy
Death in 1851
Left School in 1831
Health Complications
Minister for the Insane
Jail Minister

Deaf Education Now

Career Opportunities
Mainstream Deaf Programs
Increasing Deaf Education
Local Deaf Schools
Equality
Deaf President Now

Legacies

Continue Educating the Deaf
New View of the Deaf
William C. Stokoe, Jr.
Thomas Gallaudet
Edward Gallaudet

Impact on Education

Forming a Community
No Longer Isolated
Deaf, not Disabled
President Abraham Lincoln
Gallaudet University

Deaf Education

Signing and Lip Reading
Advocating for the Deaf
Isolation
Deaf Can Be Educated
President James Monroe
American School for the Deaf

Connection to Deaf Community

Bringing God to the Deaf
Abbe Sicard
France
Preacher
Sign Language
Laurent Clerc
Alice Cogswell

Background

Seminary
Yale
Early Life
Family
Hartford, Connecticut
Changing Careers
Health Issues
Sofia Fowler