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Edward Miner Gallaudet
Gallaudet, c. 1893
1st President of Gallaudet University
In office
April 8, 1864 – September 22, 1910
Succeeded byPercival Hall
Personal details
Born(1837-02-05)February 5, 1837
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedSeptember 26, 1917(1917-09-26) (aged 80)
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Spouse(s)Jane M. Fessenden, 1858-1866 (d. 1866)
Susan Denison, 1868-1903[1]
SignatureEdward Miner Gallaudet

Edward Miner Gallaudet (/ˌɡæləˈdɛt/ 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) from 1864 to 1910.

  1. ^ National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Volume 9, New York: James T. White & Company, 1899, pp. 140–141.

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