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- pioneer in education of the deaf
- established the first permanent school for the deaf in North America
- got involved with deaf education when he met a neighbor girl who was deaf and he wanted to teach her what things were called; her parents sent Gallaudet to Europe to study the most modern techniques. He decided that manual methods, like sign language, worked best.
- his son went on to found Gallaudet University, a college for the deaf
- established the first permanent school for the deaf in North America
- got involved with deaf education when he met a neighbor girl who was deaf and he wanted to teach her what things were called; her parents sent Gallaudet to Europe to study the most modern techniques. He decided that manual methods, like sign language, worked best.
- his son went on to found Gallaudet University, a college for the deaf
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