Thomas Gallaudet (priest)

For his father, an educator of the deaf, see Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet.
Thomas Gallaudet
Photograph of Thomas Gallaudet.
Born(1822-06-03)June 3, 1822
Hartford, Connecticut, US
DiedAugust 27, 1902(1902-08-27) (aged 80)
New York, New York, US
OccupationEpiscopal priest
SpouseElizabeth Budd

Thomas Gallaudet (June 3, 1822 – August 27, 1902),[1] an American Episcopal priest,[2] was born in Hartford, Connecticut. His father, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, was the renowned pioneer of deaf education in the United States. His mother, Sophia Fowler Gallaudet, who was deaf, was the founding matron of the school that became Gallaudet University. His brother, Edward Miner Gallaudet, was founder and President of the university.

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  2. ^ Berg, Otto Benjamin and Henry L. Buzzard. 1989. Thomas Gallaudet--Apostle to the Deaf. New York : St. Ann's Church for the Deaf.