Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
American educator
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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet 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. Wikipedia
Born: December 10, 1787, Philadelphia, PA
Died: September 10, 1851 (age 63 years), Hartford, CT
Education: Yale University, Andover Theological Seminary, and Andover Newton Theological School
Children: Edward Miner Gallaudet and Thomas Gallaudet
Parents: Peter Wallace Gallaudet and Jane Hopkins
Spouse: Sophia Fowler Gallaudet (m. 1821–1851)
Grandchild: Edson Fessenden Gallaudet