Transcript Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
SED 337
Caraline Roll
Jessica Ware
Sara Folz
Dec. 10,1787-Sept. 10, 1851
Thomas as a Boy
Born in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Born with a sickness
that limited his
physical ability.
Moved to Hartford,
Connecticut
He had 8 siblings
Not Gallaudet
Schooling
Very brilliant student
At 14 years of age he was accepted into
Yale University as a Sophomore.
After graduation he worked for the
Honorable Chauncy Goodrich in
Hartford to study law.
After 1 year of studying law he decided
physically, it was too hard.
Schooling Cont.
After working for a while he decided to go
back to school.
1808, went back to Yale as a tutor which
enabled him to work on his masters.
In 1812 he started at Andover Theological
Seminary
Graduated as an ordained Congregation
Minister
Finding the Purpose of Life
He met Alice
Cogswell
Alice was 9 years old
Her father, Mason
Cogswell, didn’t
believe there was
anyone who could
teach deaf people in
America.
Purpose…
His first encounter
with Alice outside
lead him to a desire
to teach
Thomas then taught
her to spell the word
hat and her name
All Thomas had
taught her
impressed her father
so much that he
changed his mind
about Deaf Education
Dr. Cogswell then
wanted to start a
school and asked
Thomas to help
Cogswell sent him to
London to learn how
to teach the deaf.
London
Thomas was not
impressed with the
school in London.
He wasn’t welcomed
by the school owner
They agreed to
teach Thomas their
way of teaching the
deaf…but he
declined.
Invitation to Deaf Language
Thomas met Laurent Clerc and Jean
Massieu in London
This lead to a yearning to learn about
Deaf Culture and their language.
Thomas went to France with them and
stayed at their school for 2 months
There he took lessons from the
teachers and learned sign.
Back Home
Clerc traveled back to America with
Thomas.
He continued to learn sign and taught
America that Deaf people could be well
educated.
They opened The American Asylum at
Hartford for the Education and
Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb.
In 1895 the name changed to The
American School for the Deaf.
School and Thereafter
Thomas was principal and both Clerc
and Thomas taught
School started with only 6 students and
Alice was one of them.
Thomas married one of the students,
Sophia Fowler, when she graduated.
They had 8 children
In 1830 Thomas retired and by then
there were 100’s of Deaf students who
could read and write
Thomas Retired
Thomas spent his time writing,
preaching, supporting Deaf education
and sign language.
He also loved to write children’s books.
When he died he
was 63 years old.
And look how far
we’ve come!!
Where did we get this
information?
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/751.
html
http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pageslayout/gallaudet-thomas-hopkins.htm
A Journey into the Deaf-World
http://deafness.about.com/cs/featurearticles/a
/thomasgallaudet.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hopkins_
Gallaudet
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