Edward Miner Gallaudet (1837-1917) was an American educator who served as the first president of what became Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., leading the institution from 1864 to 1910. The school opened as the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and Blind and was later renamed Gallaudet College during his tenure. Gallaudet built the institution into the world's first college for deaf students, and through his long presidency he became a leading advocate for sign language in deaf education, engaging in the era's debates between manualist and oralist approaches to teaching deaf children.
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Edward Miner Gallaudet ( 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.
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Edward Miner Gallaudet ( 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.
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