- 1.THOMAS HOPKINS GALLAUDET By: Breanna Reys
2. Famous Gallaudets The Gallaudet family has been noted as a
remarkable family throughout Americas early history.Two Gallaudets
well known before Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet were Elisha Gallaudet
and Peter Wallace Gallaudet.(Fisher 2010)Figure 1: Gallaudet family
crest (Fisher 2010). 3. Growing Up Gallaudet was born in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 10, 1787.At the age of 14,
Gallaudet was a student at Yale University and then went on to
graduate with his masters degree in 1810.He became a preacher in
1814, but he did not spend his life actively teaching.(Thomas 2008)
4. First Interest in Teaching the Deaf In 1814 Thomass Hopkins met
Alice Cogswell.Became interested in teaching her how to
communicate.Mason Cogswell financed trip to Europe for Gallaudet to
visit schools for deaf students.(Thomas 2013) 5. Braidwood Academy
Operate schools for the deaf located in England.Focused on lip
reading and speech = oral method.Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet did not
think oral method was best way to teach.The family was very
secretive.(Thomas 2013) 6. Abbe Sicard Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet met
Abbe Sicard while in England.Abbe Sicard was the director of the
Institut Royal des Sourds-Muets.Gallaudet traveled back to France
to learn more about the education at their school.Returned to
America with one of Sicards faculty members Laurent Clerc.(French
2013) 7. The American School for the Deaf The Connecticut Asylum
for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons later
became the American School for the Deaf.The American School for the
Deaf has served as the mother school.Thomas Hopkins Gallaudets
influence dramatically influenced the future of deaf education in
America.(ASD n.d.) 8. Later Life Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet married
Sohpia Fowler.His youngest of eight children, Edward Miner
Gallaudet moved to Washington D.C. where he ran a school for Deaf
Students.(French 2013)Figure 3: Gallaudet University in Washington
D.C. (Thomas 2013). 9. Gallaudets Influence During the later parts
of his life he spent his time writing childrens books.Thomas
Gallaudet died on September 10, 1851.Devoted his life to Deaf
education, starting with Alice Cogswell.Changed the Deaf culture of
America forever.(Thomas 2008) 10. Centennial Memorial Location:
near the chapel entrance of Gallaudet University Added in 1887, 100
years after ThomasGallaudet was born. Remembrance of his importance
in Deaf History.(French 2013) Figure 4: Statue of Thomas Hopkins
Gallaudet and first student Alice Cogswell in front of Gallaudet
University. 11. References ASD Beginnings. (n.d.). Retrieved
November 20, 2013, from American School for the Deaf website:
http://www.asd-1817.org/page.cfm?p=358Crouch, B. R. and B. H. G.
(2007). Hearing with the Eye: The Rise of Deaf Education in the
United States. In J. V. V. C. (Ed.), The Deaf History Reader. (pp.
24-46). Washington D.C.: Gallaudet University Press.Fisher, S.
(2010). Gallaudet Family History. Gallaudet Technologies. Retrieved
from http://gallaudetfamily.com/gallaudet.htmlFrench, D. C. (2013).
Gallaudet, Thomas Hopkins: Statue near the chapel entrance in
Gallaudet University in Washington D.C. dcMemorials.com. Retrieved
from http://www.dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0001910.htmLaurent
Clerc: Apostle to the Deaf People of the New World. (2008).
Retrieved November 17, 2013, from Laurent Clerc National Deaf
Education Center website: http://www.gallaudet.edu/
clerc_center/welcome/laurent_clerc_the_man.htmlThomas Hopkins
Gallaudet. (2013). Retrieved November 17, 2013, from Gallaudet
University website:
http://www.gallaudet.edu/dpn_home/thomas_hopkins_gallaudet.htmlThomas
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