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Laurent Clerc
Founder of Deaf Education in the
United States
Important Facts
• Born in La Balme, France
• Attended the Institute for Deaf and Mutes
in Paris
• Founded the American School for the Deaf
in Hartford, CT
Institute for Deaf and Mutes
• Clerc spent his
formative years at the
Institute for Deaf and
Mutes under the
guidance of Abbe
Charles-Michel de
l’Epee
History
Laurent Clerc
Pioneer Teacher
1785-1869
• When he was twelve years old, his • Gallaudet taught Clerc the English
uncle brought him to Paris and took
language and Clerc taught Gallaudet
him in the Royal Institution for the
sign language. They arrived in New
Deaf.
York on Aug.9th.
• In 1816, his eighth year as a
• The first school was established at
teacher, an event happened which
Hartford. It opened on April 15,
changed the course of his life.
1817. Gallaudet became the
• He met a young idealist from
principal and Clerc also became the
America, Thomas Hopkins
teacher.
Gallaudet, who had gone to Paris
• He married Elizabeth Broadman
to learn the best method of
and had four children. At age 84,
educating the deaf.
Laurent Clerc died on July 18, 1869.
Clerc
Laurent Clerc
Innovator
Educator
Advocate
Bibliography
• American Sign Language,
a student text by Dennis
Cokely and Charlotte
Baker Copyright 1980
• Educating the Deaf,
Psychology, Principles,
and Practices by Donald
F. Moores Copyright
1996
• http://www.wpsd.org/deaf
awareness/lclerc.html