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Louis Laurent Marie Clerc (French: [lɔʁɑ̃ klɛʁ]; 26 December 1788 – 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.
Born deaf in 1785 in La Balme-les-Grottes, France, Clerc’s journey from a silent world to becoming a pivotal figure in the establishment of the first permanent school for the deaf in America is a story of resilience, innovation, and profound influence.
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by Kylie Sundsmo | April 18, 2017 Laurent Clerc is one of the most famous people in Deaf history. He is known for helping start the first permanent school for the Deaf in the United States, called the American School for the Deaf. He is one of my favorite people from deaf history because he devoted much of his time to improve the lives of deaf peop...
by Erin Young | February 14, 2017 My favourite person in Deaf history is Laurent Clerc because he was Deaf and he taught Thomas Gallaudet FSL. I think it is very cool of him to be willing to teach a hearing person sign language, and to accompany him to another country to start a school for the Deaf. I think that was very brave of Clerc to leave his...
by Stanley Howell | April 27, 2017 It is difficult to select just one person from such a long list of noted personalities who have played various roles in the history of the deaf culture in the U. S. and around the world. What criteria does one use in selecting from Bridgman the Gallaudets, Bell, Stokoe, then Keller, Hoy, Matlin, Jordan, and so man...
Back in America, they established the Connecticut Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, which was later named the American School for the Deaf, in 1817. Gallaudet was the director, and Clerc was the first deaf teacher in America.
Mar 16, 2021 · Spanish Benedictine monk, Ponce de Leon, is credited with being the first person to teach the deaf. Don Francisco de Velasco and Don Pedro de Velasco among a handful of other deaf individuals of the monastery were taught by Ponce de Leon.
His first teacher, who later became his mentor and lifelong friend, was Jean Massieu, 25 years old and deaf like him. At the time, Abbe Sicard was in prison, expected to be put to death for sympathizing with the deposed King Louis XVI.
Feb 5, 2015 · Reviews the life of Laurent Clerc, a deaf man, who became the first instructor of the deaf in America. Tells how he and Thomas Gallaudet brought sign language to America from France and established the first permanent school for the deaf in Hartford, Connecticut.
