Abbé Sicard

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Abbé Sicard was an influential French Catholic priest and educator who advanced methods of teaching the deaf and helped shape early deaf education in Europe and America.

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instanceOf Catholic priest
educator
human
pioneer of deaf education
activeYearsEnd 1820s
activeYearsStart 1770s
birthDate 1742-02-20
birthPlace Le Fousseret, Haute-Garonne, France NERFINISHED
burialPlace Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship France
deathDate 1822-05-10
deathPlace Paris, France NERFINISHED
educatedAt seminary in Toulouse
employer National Institute for Deaf-Mutes in Paris NERFINISHED
era Enlightenment
familyName Sicard NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork deaf education
linguistics
special education
gender male
givenName Roch-Ambroise NERFINISHED
influenced Laurent Clerc NERFINISHED
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet NERFINISHED
development of American Sign Language
influencedBy Abbé Charles-Michel de l’Epée NERFINISHED
language French
movement early manualist tradition in deaf education
name Roch-Ambroise Cucurron Sicard NERFINISHED
nationality French
notableFor advancing methods of teaching the deaf
developing systematic sign-based instruction for deaf students
influencing early deaf education in Europe
influencing early deaf education in the United States
occupation Catholic priest
linguist
teacher
positionHeld director of the National Institute for Deaf-Mutes in Paris
successor to Abbé de l’Epée at the Paris school for the deaf
publication Cours d’instruction d’un sourd-muet de naissance NERFINISHED
Traité des signes pour l’instruction des sourds-muets NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
student Jean Massieu NERFINISHED
Laurent Clerc NERFINISHED
taughtUsing methodical signs
written French
usedSignLanguage true
workLocation Paris, France NERFINISHED

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