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Thomas Gallaudet was born in 1787 in Hartford, Connecticut. He had come from a long family line of priests and was encouraged to become one himself. But Gallaudet had a different plan in mind. He graduated from Yale University and then moved on to become a salesman and then a lawyer. A little different then his family expected of him. Throughout his long and prosperous life he accomplished many things. He founded the West Hartford School for the Deaf, which was the principle institution for deaf education in America at the time. He also wrote various children’s books and was responsible for the education of hundreds of deaf students throughout the world. Now let’s take a deeper look at the life of one of today’s most honorable men; Gallaudet. ~1814 Hartford, Connecticut~ Gallaudet returns home from college, still with no in