Roch-Ambroise Auguste Bébian, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Roch-Ambroise Auguste Bébian

French sign language teacher

Date of Birth: 04-Aug-1789

Place of Birth: Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France

Date of Death: 24-Feb-1839

Profession: school teacher

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Roch-Ambroise Auguste Bébian (b.
August 4, 1789 at Pointe-à-Pitre (also written: Ponte-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe; d.
February 24, 1839 Pointe-à-Pitre) was one of the first hearing educators in France to achieve native-level fluency in French Sign Language.
He wrote an important book titled "Mimographie," which was published in 1825, which utilized a method of writing signs.