Laurent Clerc
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Laurent Clerc was a pioneering French deaf educator who co-founded the first permanent school for the deaf in the United States and helped establish the foundations of American Sign Language.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Laurent Clerc canonical | 2 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
deaf educator
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education pioneer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
French Sign Language–American Sign Language language contact
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early 19th-century deaf education reforms in the United States ⓘ |
| coFounded | American School for the Deaf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFoundedWith | Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
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schools for the deaf named after him ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
development of American Sign Language vocabulary
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spread of formal deaf education in the United States ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| countryOfWork |
France
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| employer | American School for the Deaf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Clerc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
education
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sign language pedagogy ⓘ special education ⓘ |
| givenName | Laurent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDisability | deafness ⓘ |
| heritage | French ⓘ |
| influenced |
American Sign Language
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deaf education in the United States ⓘ |
| knownAs | Apostle of the Deaf in America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
American Sign Language
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French Sign Language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legacy |
considered a founding figure of American deaf culture
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inspired later establishment of Gallaudet University ⓘ |
| movement |
deaf education
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deaf rights ⓘ |
| name | Laurent Clerc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
co-founding the first permanent school for the deaf in the United States
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helping establish the foundations of American Sign Language ⓘ |
| notableRole | first deaf teacher of the deaf in the United States ⓘ |
| notableStudentGroup | early generations of American deaf students ⓘ |
| occupation |
school administrator
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teacher of the deaf ⓘ |
| taught | deaf children ⓘ |
| taughtAt | American School for the Deaf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Hartford, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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