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.

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Laurent Clerc canonical 2

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instanceOf deaf educator
education pioneer
person
associatedWith French Sign Language–American Sign Language language contact NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
schools for the deaf named after him
contributedTo development of American Sign Language vocabulary
spread of formal deaf education in the United States
countryOfCitizenship France
countryOfWork France NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
employer American School for the Deaf NERFINISHED
familyName Clerc NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork education
sign language pedagogy
special education
givenName Laurent NERFINISHED
hasDisability deafness
heritage French
influenced American Sign Language NERFINISHED
deaf education in the United States
knownAs Apostle of the Deaf in America NERFINISHED
languageUsed American Sign Language NERFINISHED
French Sign Language NERFINISHED
legacy considered a founding figure of American deaf culture
inspired later establishment of Gallaudet University
movement deaf education
deaf rights
name Laurent Clerc NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage French
notableFor co-founding the first permanent school for the deaf in the United States
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
teacher of the deaf
taught deaf children
taughtAt American School for the Deaf NERFINISHED
workLocation Hartford, Connecticut NERFINISHED

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