Gallaudet University
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Gallaudet University is a private federally chartered university in Washington, D.C., for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing. It was founded in 1864 as a grammar school for both deaf and bl
Amos Kendall by Mathew Brady
Edward Miner Gallaudet
Old Fowler Hall, c. 1866
Gallaudet College in 1897
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was an American educator. Along with Laurent Clerc and Mason Cogswell, he co-founded the first permanent institution for the education of the deaf in North America, and he bec
Gallaudet University
…Hearing students are admitted to the graduate school and a small number are also admitted as undergraduates each year. The university was named after Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, a notable figure in the advancement of deaf education. Gallaudet University is officially bilingual, with American Sign Language (ASL) and written…
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet circa 1842
The school founded by Gallaudet in Hartford is now the American School for the Deaf
Sophia Fowler
The Gallaudet Memorial at Gallaudet University