<P> In 1812 in New England , Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet met a little girl named Alice Cogswell , who inspired him to create a school for the deaf in the United States . In 1815 , he traveled to Europe to gain insight on their methods of teaching deaf students . He attempted to learn from the Braidwood system , but the administrators wanted him to sign a contract , remain at the school for several years to be trained in oralism , and agree to keep the teaching methods of the school a secret ; Gallaudet refused this . He attended a lecture in France by Abbé Sicard showcasing two successful pupils of Paris ' National Institution for Deaf - Mutes , Jean Massieu and Laurent Clerc . Gallaudet spent several months at the school , and he convinced Clerc , a thirty - year - old assistant teacher , to return with him to Hartford , Connecticut . Back in America , they established the Connecticut Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb , which was later named the American School for the Deaf , in 1817 . Gallaudet was the director , and Clerc was the first deaf teacher in America . Alice Cogswell was one of the first seven students . </P>
<P> In 1812 in New England , Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet met a little girl named Alice Cogswell , who inspired him to create a school for the deaf in the United States . In 1815 , he traveled to Europe to gain insight on their methods of teaching deaf students . He attempted to learn from the Braidwood system , but the administrators wanted him to sign a contract , remain at the school for several years to be trained in oralism , and agree to keep the teaching methods of the school a secret ; Gallaudet refused this . He attended a lecture in France by Abbé Sicard showcasing two successful pupils of Paris ' National Institution for Deaf - Mutes , Jean Massieu and Laurent Clerc . Gallaudet spent several months at the school , and he convinced Clerc , a thirty - year - old assistant teacher , to return with him to Hartford , Connecticut . Back in America , they established the Connecticut Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb , which was later named the American School for the Deaf , in 1817 . Gallaudet was the director , and Clerc was the first deaf teacher in America . Alice Cogswell was one of the first seven students . </P>
who was the deaf person who traveled to america in 1817 to help set up a school for the deaf 1.1
who was the deaf person who traveled to america in 1817 to help set up a school for the deaf 1.1
Laurent Clerc
Laurent Clerc