Private university for deaf and hard-of-hearing students in Washington, D.C., U.S. It has its roots in a school for deaf and blind children founded in 1856 by Amos Kendall and headed (18571910) by Edward M. Gallaudet, son of Thomas Gallaudet , founder of the first school for the deaf in the U.S. It consists of a college of arts and sciences, a graduate school, and schools of communications, management, education and human services, and continuing education.
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY
Meaning of GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY in English
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. Краткая энциклопедия Британика. 2012