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Gal⋅lau⋅det

[gal-uh-det]
–noun
Thomas Hopkins, 1787–1851, U.S. educator of the deaf and writer.
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Gal·lau·det   (gāl'ə-dět')   
American educator who established the first free American school for the deaf and hearing-impaired (1817). His sons Thomas (1822-1902) and Edward (1827-1917) also founded institutions for the deaf.
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