Gallaudet

American  

[gal-uh-det] / ˌgæl əˈdɛt /

noun

1. Thomas Hopkins, 1787–1851, U.S. educator of the Deaf and writer.

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She received praise from the Deaf community, advocated for closed captions, and helped Gallaudet University hire a Deaf president when a hearing woman was named, much to the anger of students.

From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2025

Those who live in NoMa and to the immediate south and west of Gallaudet University can also pick up their trackers at that location.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

Gallaudet has been playing football since 1883, when it was known as the National Deaf-Mute College, and invented the huddle just over a decade later.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023

PHOTOS: Gallaudet has a history of technological innovation with wide applications.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 31, 2023

President Gallaudet made also some remarks in gesture which were understood by the Indians, yet were not strictly pantomimic.

From Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 by Mallery, Garrick