Dr. Gallaudet and His First Deaf-Mute Pupil, 1888
1408 W Gregory Dr
Urbana, Illinois 61801
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1408 W Gregory Dr
Urbana, Illinois 61801
Artist: Daniel Chester
Dr. Thomas Gallaudet founded the first free school for the deaf in the United States, the American School for the Deaf, in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1817. He is shown in this naturalistic sculptural portrait with Alice Cogswell, the child who sparked his interest in educating the deaf.