Meet Edward Miner Gallaudet
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Lived
February 5, 1837 – September 26, 1917
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Son
of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Sophia Fowler Gallaudet
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Edward
Miner married Jane Melissa Fessenden and had 3 children.
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The
first Principal of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and Blind.
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In
1864, Gallaudet worked for college status of the Columbia Institution and
President Abraham Lincoln granted it: this first college of the deaf eventually
became Gallaudet University.
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He
served as President, Administrator AND President of the Board of Directors AT
THE SAME TIME!
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President from
1896-1910 (46 years!)
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Head administrator
from 1857-1910 (53 years!)
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President of the
Board of Directors from 1864-1911 (47 years!)
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He
was a strong advocate of ASL and often fought against those who would restrict
the use of ASL.
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He
actually attended the Milan Conference of 1881 and wrote a report on it. See
the report here.
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He
was honored by 3 Universities who awarded him honorary degrees: Trinity College in 1859 (M.A.) and 1869
(LL.D.), the Columbian University (later George Washington University) also in
1869 (Ph.D.), and Yale University in 1895 (LL.D.).
resources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Miner_Gallaudet
http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/edward-miner-gallaudet_19861411
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Miner_Gallaudet
http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/edward-miner-gallaudet_19861411
