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Sophia Fowler Gallaudet

Deaf educator and wife of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

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Lived 1798–1877, aged 79United States
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    1798–1877
    Aged 79
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Updated 2026-07-19

Sophia Fowler Gallaudet was the wife of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. As the founding matron of the school that became Gallaudet University, she played an important role in deaf history, even playing a key role in lobbying US congressmen in the effort to establish Gallaudet. She was appointed to be the first matron of the Columbia Institution on May 30, 1857, and held the position for nine years, until August 1, 1866.

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