Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet & Alice Cogswell - Washington, D.C.
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N 38° 54.328 W 076° 59.707
18S E 327001 N 4308178
Located in front of Chapel Hall on the campus of Gallaudet University.
Waymark Code: WM17KNG
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 03/04/2023
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North Text:
Friend
Teacher
Benefactor
East Text:
Born at Philadelphia, Dec. 10, 1797.
Founded
at Hartford the first school for the deaf
in America, 1817.
Died at Hartford, Sept. 10, 1851.
South Text:
Erected by contributors from every state
territory and district of the United-States.
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Edwin A. Hodgson,
President of the Association.
Theodore A. Froehlich,
Chairman of the Executive Committee. Amos Draper,
Treasurer of the Fund.
West Text:
The deaf people of the United States
in grateful remembrance of
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
mark the centennial of his birth
with this memorial
1887
Statue description:
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet is siting in a chair and Alice Cogswell standing at his side. The Statue resides upon a stylized 3 foot plinth surrounding by a brick walkway and plants.
Biography:
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was an American educator and father of Edward Miner Gallaudet (founder of Gallaudet University). 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. When opened on April 15, 1817, it was called the "Connecticut Asylum (at Hartford) for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons," but it is now known as the American School for the Deaf. - Wikipedia
Alice Cogswell, was Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet's deaf 9 year-old neighbor and inspiration to work with the deaf.
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