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I graduated from Ivy league institution Yale University in 1805. After studying at institutions for the deaf in Europe, I founded the American Asylum for Deaf Mutes. This was the first instance of US government aid for the disabled. In 1865, Amos Kendall founded a small school for the deaf which is now a university…

Irish Nationalist. He was executed after leading an unsuccessful revolution against British Rule. His youth, passionate oratory, and courage in the face of death made him a symbol of romantic, revolutionary, Irish Nationalism. More at: History