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Laurent Clerc
French-American educator (1785–1869)
For the Swiss sprinter, see Laurent Clerc (athlete).
Laurent Clerc | |
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Teacher, co-founder of the first permanent school for the Deaf in North America | |
| Born | (1785-12-26)December 26, 1785 La Balme, France |
| Died | July 18, 1869(1869-07-18) (aged 83) Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Spouse | Eliza Crocker Boardman (1792–1880) |
Louis Laurent Marie Clerc (French:[lɔʁɑ̃klɛʁ]; 26 December 1785 – 18 July 1869) 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.
Laurent clerc and thomas gallaudet graveyard
He was taught by Abbé Sicard and deaf educator Jean Massieu, at the Institution Nationale des Sourds-Muets in Paris. With Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, he co-founded the first school for the deaf in North America, the Asylum for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, on April 15, 1817, in the old Bennet's City Hotel, Hartford, Connecticut.
The school was