Edward Miner Gallaudet
Status: Upcoming
(1837-1917) educator, author: born, February 5, 1837, in Hartford, CT; teacher, American School for the Deaf (1855-1857); principal, Columbia Institution for the Deaf (1857-1864), president, Gallaudet College (1864-1910); president, Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf (1895-1917); trustee, George Washington University; trustee, Howard University; director and president, YMCA; director, American School of the Deaf; wives, Jane Mellissa Fessenden (1837-1866, married 1859-1866), Susan Denison (1847-1903, married ????-1903); children, Katharine Fessenden Gallaudet (1861-1942), Grace Wordon Gallaudet (1863-1942), Edward LeBaron Gallaudet (1864-1865), Denison Gallaudet (1870-1927), Edson Fessenden Gallaudet (1871-1945), Eliza Gallaudet (1874-1875), Herbert Draper Gallaudet (1876-1944), Marion Wallace Gallaudet (1879-1928); died, September 26, 1917, in Hartford, CT. Resident of Hartford (1837-1857 & 1911-1917) and Asylum Hill (128 Woodland Street, 1911-1917). Advocate for the education of the deaf. Considered an authority on international law.
