Laurent Clerc
French teacher
Louis Laurent Marie Clerc 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. He was taught by Abbé Sicard and deaf educator Jean Massieu, at the Institution... Wikipedia
Born: December 26, 1785, La Balme-les-Grottes, France
Died: July 18, 1869 (age 83 years), Hartford, CT
Education: National Institute for Deaf Youth in Paris
Children: Elizabeth Victoria Beers
Spouse: Eliza Crocker Boardman (m. 1819–1869)
Grandchild: Henry Augustin Beers
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