Tooele Transcript Bulletin | 1919-03-28 | Page 4 | First to Teach Deaf Mutes

first to teach deaf mutes the first american institution for the education of the d deaf a at and a n 1 I dumb was founded in Il hartford artford irl in by dr thomas 11 II Gal gallaudet Gallaud laudeL ct who was waa born in philadelphia ladelphia years ago ile iio was educated nt at yale and at A andover theological seminary nry and it was ilia his intention to enter the ministry before leaving andover however he ha had decided to devoto devote his hl life to the instruction of dent mutes for whom no provision had been mode made anywhere in america ile iia remained at the head of the hartford institution from 1817 until 1830 when ill health forced ills his retirement th the 0 first systematic attempt to instruct the detia detif and dumb in europe was made in 1570 by pedro do de ponce a benedictine monk of spain tho the first british institution of this kind was waa opened in edinburgh in 1773