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Charles-Michel de l'Épée
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French priest and educator of the deaf
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1712-11-24 ) 24 November 1712, Versailles , Yvelines, France
- Died
- 23 December 1789 (1789-12-23) (aged 77), Paris, France
- Resting place
- Saint-Roch , Paris
- Alma mater
- Collège des Quatre-Nations , University of Paris
- Known for
- Founder of the Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris , the first public school for the deaf
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Versailles
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- pedagogue
- Educated at
- Collège des Quatre-Nations
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Field of work
- pedagogue
- Image
- Charles-Michel de L'Épée.jpg
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- place of burial
- Saint-Roch, Paris
- Commons category
- Charles-Michel de L'Épée
- date of birth
- 1712-11-12
- date of death
- 1789-12-23
- birth name
- Charles-Michel Lespée's
- name in native language
- Charles-Michel de L'Épée
- writing language
- French
- pseudonym
- M. Abbé de L'Épée
- P8168
- Florian Wünsche
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Encyclopedic overview
Charles-Michel de l'Épée ( French: [ʃaʁlmiʃɛl d(ə) lepe]; 24 November 1712 – 23 December 1789) was an 18th-century French Catholic priest and philanthropic educator who advocated for sign language as the preferred method of teaching deaf people, and has become known as the "Father of the Deaf". He founded the Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris, the first public school for the deaf, in 1760.
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