Alice Cogswell 1805–1830 Source: Wikimedia Commons About Alice Cogswell 1805-1830 first student of an official deaf school in the United States of America People from the Same Era Isaac Bell 1815–1897 businessperson, philanthropist New York City Ferdinando Zannetti 1801–1881 physician, politician, surgeon Monte San Savino Franciszek Jan Smolka 1810–1899 jurist, politician Kalush Anton Riemerschmid 1802–1878 industrialist, patron of the arts, politician Burghausen Daniel Fawcett Tiemann 1805–1899 politician New York City Francisco Javier Zaldúa 1811–1882 lawyer, politician Bogotá