Jean Massieu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jean Massieu

French deaf educator

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1772

Place of Birth: Semens, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 21-Jul-1846

Profession: teacher

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Jean Massieu

  • Jean Massieu (French: [??~ masjø]; 1772 – July 21, 1846) was a pioneering deaf educator.
  • One of six deaf siblings, he was denied schooling until age thirteen when he met Abbé Sicard, who enrolled him in the Bordeaux School for Deaf Children.
  • There he learned to read and write French, and later helped develop the first formalized French Sign Language.
  • He taught at the famous school for the deaf in Paris where Laurent Clerc was one of his students.
  • He began work after a scandal in Paris in Rodez and dedicated his life to educating deaf children.
  • Later he founded a deaf school in Lille, France.

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