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Laurent Clerc

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Gender Male
Death154 years ago
Date of birth December 26,1785
Zodiac sign Capricorn
Born La Balme-les-Grottes
France
Date of died July 18,1869
DiedHartford
Connecticut
United States
NationalityFrench
Spouse Eliza Crocker Boardman
FoundedAmerican School For The Deaf
Job Teacher
Education National Institute for Deaf Youth in Paris
FoundSchools for the deaf
Children Elizabeth Victoria Beers
Grandchildren Henry Augustin Beers
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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.

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