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Charles-Michel de l'Épée

French priest and educator of the deaf, born on 24 November 1712.

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Charles-Michel de l'Épée is best known as a French priest and educator of the deaf. Charles-Michel de l'Épée was born on 24 November 1712, which places Charles-Michel de l'Épée among the people in the Dead or Alive catalog born in the 1710s. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Charles-Michel de l'Épée is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Charles-Michel de l'Épée – French priest and educator of the deaf
Nationality: French
Born: 24 November 1712

About Charles-Michel de l'Épée

He founded the Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris, the first public school for the deaf, in 1760. He studied to be a Catholic priest. L'Épée then turned his attention toward charitable services for the poor, and, on one foray into the slums of Paris, he had a chance encounter with two young deaf sisters who communicated using a sign language. L'Épée decided to dedicate himself to the education of the deaf, and, in 1760, he founded a school. Deaf people were banned by the Catholic Church from receiving communion, but in line with emerging philosophical thought of the time, l'Épée came to believe that deaf people were capable of language and concluded that they should be able to receive the sacraments and thus avoid going...

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