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Charles-Michel de l'Épée

1712 - 1789

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Charles-Michel de l'Épée (French: [ʃaʁlmiʃɛl dəlepe]; 24 November 1712 – 23 December 1789) was an 18th-century French philanthropic educator who has become known as the "Father of the Deaf". He founded Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris, the first public school for the deaf, in 1760. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles-Michel de l'Épée is the 5,379th most popular politician (down from 4,765th in 2019), the 1,543rd most popular biography from France (down from 1,458th in 2019) and the 372nd most popular French Politician.

Charles-Michel de l'Épée is most famous for inventing the manual alphabet.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles-Michel de l'Épée ranks 5,379 out of 19,576. Before him are Cleopatra Thea, Emperor He of Han, Kong Rong, Giovanni il Popolano, False Dmitry II, and Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg. After him are Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg, Anna of Saxony, Charles, Duke of Mayenne, Yamato Takeru, Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, and Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1712, Charles-Michel de l'Épée ranks 8. Before him are Frederick the Great, Count of St. Germain, Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Sayat-Nova, Francesco Guardi, and Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp. After him are Tokugawa Ieshige, Pauline Félicité de Mailly-Nesle, George Grenville, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, Francesco Algarotti, and Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay. Among people deceased in 1789, Charles-Michel de l'Épée ranks 8. Before him are Baron d'Holbach, Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Claude Joseph Vernet, Jean-Étienne Liotard, and Ethan Allen. After him are Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay, Franz Xaver Richter, Petrus Camper, Thomas Nelson Jr., Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, and Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles-Michel de l'Épée ranks 1,543 out of 6,770. Before him are Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans (1709), Eugène Tisserant (1884), Fernand Cormon (1845), Jean Clouet (1480), Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (1476), and Louis Marchand (1669). After him are Charles, Duke of Mayenne (1554), Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine (1524), Bertrand Tavernier (1941), Maria of Montpellier (1182), Fulk III, Count of Anjou (970), and Jacques Paul Migne (1800).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Charles-Michel de l'Épée ranks 372. Before him are Étienne Mourrut (1939), William I, Duke of Aquitaine (875), Marie de Rohan (1600), François Louis, Prince of Conti (1664), Victor, Prince Napoléon (1862), and Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (1220). After him are Charles, Duke of Mayenne (1554), Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine (1524), Maria of Montpellier (1182), Sextus Afranius Burrus (1), Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (1692), and Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine (1609).

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