L'Epée, Charles-Michel de, 1712-1789

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Name (Latin)
L'Epée, Charles-Michel de, 1712-1789
Other forms of name
De L'Epée, Charles-Michel, 1712-1789
Epée, Charles-Michel de L', 1712-1789
L'Epée, abbé de (Charles-Michel), 1712-1789
Lepe, K. M., 1712-1789
Date of birth
1712
Date of death
1789
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 7401731
Wikidata: Q860155
Library of congress: n 82132705
Sources of Information
  • Grande encyc.
  • Arrowsmith, J.P. The art of instructing the infant deaf and dumb, 1819:
  • Bib. nat.
  • His La véritable maniere d'instruire les sourds et muets, 1784:
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Wikipedia description:

Charles-Michel de l'Épée (French: [ʃaʁlmiʃɛl dəlepe]; 24 November 1712 – 23 December 1789) was an 18th-century French philanthropic educator who has become known as the "Father of the Deaf". He founded Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris, the first public school for the deaf, in 1760.

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