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Edward Miner Gallaudet (/ ˌ ɡ æ l ə ˈ d ɛ t / GAL-ə-DET; February 5, 1837 – September 26, 1917), was the first president of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. (then known as the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and Blind from 1864 until 1894 and then Gallaudet College from 1894 to 1986 ...
Edward Miner Gallaudet was an American educator and administrator who helped establish Gallaudet University, the first institute of higher education for the deaf. He was also known as a leading proponent of manualism—the use of sign language for teaching the deaf.
1 de jun. de 2015 · En 1875 Edward Miner Gallaudet tuvo la visión de un nuevo mundo de oportunidades para los sordos. [el instituto que él creó en 1864, y que hoy es la Universidad Gallaudet] ha crecido gradualmente en propósito y estatura, estableciendo un firme tradición de educación superior y de logros académicos entre los sordos.
Edward Miner Gallaudet, the son of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, founder of the first school for deaf students in the United States, became the new school’s superintendent. Congress authorized the institution to confer college degrees in 1864, and President Abraham Lincoln signed the bill into law.
In 1857, Gallaudet’s youngest son, Edward Miner Gallaudet, took up his father’s cause when he and his deaf mother, Sophia Fowler Gallaudet, were invited by Amos Kendall to run the newly established Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind in Washington, D.C.
Learn about the life and work of Dr. Edward Miner Gallaudet, the first president of Gallaudet College and a pioneer in deaf education. Explore his correspondence, articles, speeches, sermons, and more from 1851 to 1984.
dirigirla se escogió a Edward Miner Gallaudet, el hijo menor de Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, quien había fundado y dirigido muchos años la primera escuela de Sordos de los Estados Unidos. Siete años más tarde, en 1864, el congreso del país autorizó a la escuela a conferir títulos universitarios.
