Gal·lau·det 
(găl′ə-dĕt), Thomas Hopkins 1787-1851.
(găl′ə-dĕt), Thomas Hopkins 1787-1851. American educator who established the first free American school for the deaf and hearing-impaired (1817). His sons Thomas (1822-1902) and Edward (1837-1917) also founded institutions for the deaf.