Laurent Clerc
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 154 years ago |
Date of birth | December 26,1785 |
Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
Born | La Balme-les-Grottes |
France | |
Date of died | July 18,1869 |
Died | Hartford |
Connecticut | |
United States | |
Nationality | French |
Spouse | Eliza Crocker Boardman |
Founded | American School For The Deaf |
Job | Teacher |
Education | National Institute for Deaf Youth in Paris |
Found | Schools for the deaf |
Children | Elizabeth Victoria Beers |
Grandchildren | Henry Augustin Beers |
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ID | 1383957 |
Laurent Clerc Life story
Louis Laurent Marie Clerc was a French teacher called "The Apostle of the Deaf in America" and was regarded as the most renowned deaf person in American Deaf History. He was taught by Abbé Sicard and deaf educator Jean Massieu, at the Institution Nationale des Sourds-Muets in Paris.