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Thomas Gallaudet

Short Name: Thomas Gallaudet
Full Name: Gaulladet, Thomas, 1822-1902
Birth Year: 1822
Death Year: 1902

Born: June 3, 1822, Hart­ford, Con­nec­ti­cut. Died: Au­gust 27, 1902, New York Ci­ty. Buried: Ce­dar Hill Cem­e­te­ry, Hart­ford, Con­nec­ti­cut.

Gallaudet was or­dained to the di­a­co­nate June 16, 1850, and be­came an Epis­co­pal priest in 1851. Among his achieve­ments was the found­ing of St. Ann’s Church for Deaf Mutes in New York Ci­ty in 1852, which in ef­fect launched the Epis­co­pa­li­an miss­ion to the deaf. He al­so found­ed the Gal­lau­det Home for Deaf-Mutes, near Pough­keep­sie, New York, in 1885.

Note: Gal­lau­det is oft­en con­fused with his fa­ther, Dr. Tho­mas Hop­kins Gall­au­det, found­er of the first Amer­i­can school for the deaf.

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