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Clarke School for the Deaf Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Caroline Yale was a cofounder and its director. Caroline Ardelia Yale was born to William Lyman Yale and Ardelia Strong on September 29, 1848, in Charlotte, Vermont, where she lived until the age of ten.
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (December 10, 1787 – September 10, 1851 [1]) 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.
The first deaf school in the United States was short-lived: established in 1815 by Col. William Bolling of Goochland, Virginia, in nearby Cobbs, with John Braidwood (tutor of Bolling's two deaf children) as teacher, it closed in the fall of 1816. [3] Gallaudet Memorial by Daniel Chester French (1925) at American School for the Deaf
Lexington School for the Deaf: 1864: East Elmurst: New York: PreK-12: Blue Jays: ESDAA Alaska State School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: 1973: Anchorage: Alaska: PreK-12: Otter: American School for the Deaf: 1817: Hartford: Connecticut: K-12: Tigers: ESDAA 1 Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind: 1912: Tucson: Arizona: PreK-12 ...
Clarke School for the Deaf was founded in 1867 in Northampton, Massachusetts, as the first permanent oral school for the deaf in the United States. In the first quarter of 2010, Clarke announced the new name from Clarke School for the Deaf to Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech.
Roger Demosthenes O'Kelly (October 25, 1880 – July 11, 1962) was a deaf, mute, partially-blind African-American lawyer. "[O'Kelly] claimed the distinction of being the only Negro deaf lawyer in the United States and the second deaf person to graduate from Yale University in her history of over 250 years."
The first school for the deaf was established in France during the 18th century, in 1771 by Charles-Michel de l'Épée. [1] L'Épée was the leader in establishing sign language for the deaf and is notable as the "father" of deaf education.
Harvey Prindle Peet was born in Bethlehem, Connecticut, on November 19, 1794, the son of Richard and Joanna (Prindle) Peet. [1] He began to teach a district school at the age of 16, and persevered until he had earned money enough for a two years' course at Phillips Academy, Andover.