USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787-1851) was a trained minister whose future changed when he met Alice Cogswell, a young deaf mute girl. In 1817, Gallaudet opened the “Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons” in Hartford, Connecticut; it was the first U.S. deaf school.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, a Congregationalist minister, is acclaimed today for his role in pioneering education for the deaf in the United States and establishing the American School for the Deaf in Connecticut. Born in Philadelphia in 1787, Gallaudet was the oldest of eight children.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (December 10, 1787 – September 10, 1851) 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 became its first principal.

Detailed explanation-4: -It was the first school for the advanced education of the deaf and hard of hearing in the world and remains the only higher education institution in which all programs and services are specifically designed to accommodate deaf and hard of hearing students.