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    Louis Laurent Marie Clerc (French: [lɔʁɑ̃ klɛʁ]; 26 December 1785 – 18 July 1869) was a French teacher called "The Apostle of the Deaf in America" and...
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  • The Laurent Clerc Award is an annual honor bestowed by Gallaudet University's Alumni Association to recognize a deaf person for "his or her outstanding...
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  • of minor planet (51) Nemausa Laurent, South Dakota, a proposed town for the Deaf to be named for Laurent Clerc Laurent series, in mathematics, representation...
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    politician Seth P. Beers; co-founder of American School for the Deaf Laurent Clerc is his 3rd great-grandfather. During his early education, he attended...
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    10, 1787 – September 10, 1851) was an American educator. Along with Laurent Clerc and Mason Cogswell, he co-founded the first permanent institution for...
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  • Laurent Clerc (born 12 April 1972) is a Swiss sprinter. He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild;...
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    Hartford, Connecticut, by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Mason Cogswell, and Laurent Clerc and became a state-supported school later that year. The first deaf...
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    unnatural to deaf signers. A deaf pupil of the school (and later teacher), Laurent Clerc, wrote that the deaf never used the signes méthodiques for communication...
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  • year's tournament often wins the year's Deaf Prep National Championship. Laurent Clerc was born on December 26, 1785. An accident struck him at a young age:...
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    Duncan Campbell" Canlas, Loida (2006). "Laurent Clerc: Apostle to the Deaf People of the New World". The Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, Gallaudet...
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    word 'weapon'. Tom Clerc is a deaf secret agent who comes from a multi-generational deaf family. He is a descendant of Laurent Clerc, considered the Father...
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    François Clerc, French footballer José Luis Clerc, Argentine tennis player Julien Clerc, French singer Laurent Clerc, teacher, co-founder of the first school...
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  • proud of their history. In the United States, they recount the story of Laurent Clerc, a Deaf educator, and Thomas H. Gallaudet, an American educator, coming...
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    Dumb (a manual school) was established by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc. When the Cobbs School closed in 1816, the manual method (which used...
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    other American Sign Language users. The town was to be named after Laurent Clerc; it was originally planned that the first residents would start moving...
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  • it, as does American Sign Language, established when French educator Laurent Clerc taught his language at the American School for the Deaf. Others, such...
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    of Massieu and Clerc, Deaf and Dumb. Laurent Clerc, who was deaf, was overjoyed to find fellow sign language users: As soon as Clerc beheld this sight...
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  • Épée's original vision. Roch-Ambroise Cucurron Sicard Jean Massieu Laurent Clerc Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet In 1760, Scottish teacher, Thomas Braidwood...
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    Carola Insolera) the girlfriend of the leading character Tom Clerc, descendant of Laurent Clerc. The film is written and produced by Emilio Insolera and was...
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    the United States. Gallaudet went to Europe for 15 months, bringing Laurent Clerc back with him upon his return. During the time of his absence, Alice...
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    students although the school's original director, Laurent Clerc, taught in LSF.: 7 : 14  In fact, Clerc reported that he often learned the students' signs...
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  • You Shadow Interpreter Huntington Theatre Company Journey of Identity Laurent Clerc National Theatre of the Deaf Squares Ensemble Dog & Pony DC Stories...
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  • in Paris, in 1755.[citation needed]Laurent Clerc was arguably the most famous graduate of L'Épee's school; Clerc went to the United States with Thomas...
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  • Language is published in London. 1817 – Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc found the American School for the Deaf (then called the Connecticut...
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  • Gallaudet, in collaboration with a deaf teacher, also from France, named Laurent Clerc with support from the well-known Hartford Cogswell family. Alice Cogswell...
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  • sign language. The leading character Tom Clerc is the fourth great-grandson of the legendary Laurent Clerc, the father of American Sign Language. In...
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  • from France, Laurent Clerc, was recruited by Thomas Gallaudet to help found the new institution. Under the guidance and instruction of Clerc in language...
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    inauguration ceremony of Gallaudet as president was held in June with Laurent Clerc in attendance. 14 acres (5.7 ha) of land was purchased with money supplied...
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  • Dumb, a manual school, was established by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc. When the Cobbs School closed in 1816, the manual method, which used...
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    language Simultaneous communication Educators Jean Massieu (b. 1772) Laurent Clerc (b. 1785) Edward Miner Gallaudet (b. 1837) Sophia Alcorn (b. 1883) Andrew...
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