# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-michel-de-l-epee
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:01:30.820Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-michel-de-l-epee"
name: "Charles-Michel de l'Épée"
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description: "Charles-Michel de l'Épée 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."
tagline: "French priest and educator of the deaf"
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category:
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birthDate: "1712-11-24"
deathDate: "1789-12-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump