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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc found the American School for the Deaf (then called the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons), the first American school for deaf students, in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
American educator (1787–1851)
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. When opened on April 15, 1817, it was called the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Laurent Clerc
French-American educator (1785–1869)
Louis Laurent Marie Clerc 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 educator Jean Massieu, at the Institution Nationale des Sourds-Muets in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
American School for the Deaf
Private school in Hartford, Connecticut
The American School for the Deaf (ASD), originally The American Asylum, At Hartford, For The Education And Instruction Of The Deaf, is the oldest permanent school for the deaf in the United States, and the first school for deaf children anywhere in the western hemisphere. It was…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Hartford, Connecticut
Capital city of Connecticut, U.S.
Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The city, located in Hartford County, had a population of 121,054 at the 2020 census and was estimated at 122,129 in 2024. Hartford is the most populous city in the Capitol Planning Region and the core city of the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
April 15
Day of the year
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