Charles-Michel de l'Épée
Charles-Michel de l'Épée was born on November 24, 1712. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Charles-Michel de l'Épée
Charles-Michel de l'Épée (French: [ʃaʁlmiʃɛl d(ə) lepe]; 24 November 1712 – 23 December 1789) was an 18th-century French Catholic priest and philanthropic educator who advocated for sign language as the preferred method of teaching deaf people, and has become known as the "Father of the Deaf". He founded the Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris, the first public school for the deaf, in 1760.