Charles-Michel de l'Épée

Abbé
Charles-Michel de l'Épée
Born(1712-11-24)24 November 1712
Versailles, Yvelines, France
Died23 December 1789(1789-12-23) (aged 77)
Paris, France
Resting placeSaint-Roch, Paris
Alma materCollège des Quatre-Nations, University of Paris
Known forFounder of the Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris, the first public school for the deaf

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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