John Burton Hotchkiss (August 22, 1845 – November 3, 1922) was an American football coach and professor. He was deaf since the age of 9, and attended Gallaudet University, where later he was the first coach of the Gallaudet Bison football team. He is the namesake of their football field. Hotchkiss was also a writer; one of the founders and editors of the Silent World, a short-lived paper for the deaf.[1][2] Hotchkiss taught English and history.[3]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 22, 1845 Seymour, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | November 3, 1922 (aged 77) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Alma mater | Gallaudet |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1883 | Gallaudet |
Early years
editHotchkiss became deaf due to meningitis or scarlet fever. He attended the American School for the Deaf in Hartford,[4] the first permanent school for the deaf in the country.[5]
References
edit- ^ Gallaher, James Ernst (1898). Representative Deaf Persons of the United States of America. p. 37.
- ^ "John Burton Hotchkiss" (PDF).
- ^ John V. Van Cleve (1989). A Place of Their Own: Creating the Deaf Community in America. Gallaudet University Press. p. 74. ISBN 9780930323493.
- ^ Kouwenberg, Silvia; Singler, John Victor (February 11, 2009). The Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Studies. John Wiley & Sons. p. 493. ISBN 9781444305999.
- ^ Susan Burch (November 2004). Signs of Resistance: American Deaf Cultural History, 100 to World War II. NYU Press. p. 43. ISBN 9780814798942.
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