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In 1760 Abbe Charles Michel de l'Epee (1712-1789) establishes the Royal Institution of Deaf and Mutes in Paris. L'Epee supported the school at his own expense until his death. After his death, the government began to support the school. His successor was the Abbe Roch Concurrou (Curcurran) Sicard (1742-1822). It was Sicard who brought Laurent Clerc and Jean Massieu to London where they met Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. The Royal Institution was the first free school for the deaf in the world.

[Source: http://archives.gallaudet.edu/Timeline.htm]

 

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The Victorian Deaf Society (Vicdeaf)
Level 4, 340 Albert Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002

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