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  1. gallaudet.edu › museum › historyThe Legacy Begins - History | Gallaudet University

    The Legacy Begins. Chapel Hall. (202) 250-2235. Email Us. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet meets Alice Cogswell and Laurent Clerc Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787-1851), for whom Gallaudet University is named, was born in Philadelphia, Pa. His family later settled in Hartford, Conn., the home of his maternal grandparents.

  2. infoguides.rit.edu › clercLaurent Clerc and Thomas H. Gallaudet Resources: Introduction

    Mar 20, 2024 · Picture at left: Gallaudet and Clerc, an exceptional dedication (photo Dahmane Soudani). Use the Gallaudet Encyclopedia and The Sage Encyclopedia of Deaf Studies to find more information about Laurent Clerc and Thomas H. Gallaudet. They took a boat voyage on June 18, 1816, for 52 days to help found the American School for the Deaf (ASD) in 1817.

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Laurent_ClercLaurent Clerc - Wikipedia

    Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. Spouse. Eliza Crocker Boardman (1792–1880) Louis Laurent Marie Clerc ( French: [lɔʁɑ̃ klɛʁ]; 26 December 1785 – 18 July 1869) was a French teacher called "The Apostle of the Deaf in America" and was regarded as the most renowned deaf person in American Deaf History. He was taught by Abbé Sicard and deaf ...

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Thomas_Hopkins_GallaudetThomas Hopkins Gallaudet - Wikipedia

    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.

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  7. deafwebsites.com › the-life-of-laurent-clercLaurent Clerc: Pioneer of Deaf Education and Advocacy

    This article delves into the life of Laurent Clerc, exploring his early years, education, pivotal partnership with Thomas Gallaudet, and lasting legacy in the deaf community. Early Life and Education The Struggle and Triumph of Early Years. Laurent Clerc was born on December 26, 1785, in La Balme-les-Grottes, a small village in southeastern France.

  8. academic.oup.com › nyu-press-scholarship-onlineThomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc: A Yale Man and a ...

    Laurent Clerc, “Laurent Clerc,” The Connecticut Common School Journal and Annals of Education (March/April 1852): 105. 35. For more on Clerc’s decision to accept Gallaudet’s offer, see Van Cleve and Crouch, A Place of Their Own , 37–41 , and Lane, When the Mind Hears , 200–205 .

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  10. www.britannica.com › Thomas-Hopkins-GallaudetThomas Hopkins Gallaudet | Deaf Education, Sign ... - Britannica

    On Gallaudet’s return to the United States in 1816, he and Laurent Clerc established the American Asylum for Deaf-mutes at Hartford, Conn., in support of which the U.S. Congress made a land grant. For more than 50 years this school was the main training centre for instructors of the deaf.

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