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Epée, Charles Michel de L'

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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Priest, inventor of the sign alphabet for the instruction of the deaf and dumb, born Versailles, France, 1712; died Paris, France, 1789. His success with two deaf and dumb pupils led him to found at his own expense a school for the education of others so afflicted. His sign system laid the foundation of all systematic instruction of the deaf and dumb.

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Entry for 'Epée, Charles Michel de L''. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​e/epee-charles-michel-de-l.html. 1910.
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