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'''Roch-Ambroise Cucurron Sicard''' (20 September 1742 - 10 May 1822) French [[abbé]] and instructor of the [[deaf]]. |
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Born at [[Le Fousseret]], [[Haute-Garonne]], and educated as a priest, Sicard was made principal of a school for the deaf at [[Bordeaux]] in 1786, and in 1789, on the death of the [[Charles-Michel de l'Épée | Abbé de l'Epée]], succeeded him at [[Paris]]. He met [[Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet]] while traveling in England and invited Gallaudet to visit the famous school for the deaf in Paris. |
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Sicard's chief work was his ''Cours d'instruction d'un sourd-muet de naissance'' (1800). The Abbé Sicard managed to escape any serious harm in the political troubles of 1792, and became a member of the Institute in 1795, but the value of his educational work was hardly recognized till shortly before his death at [[Paris]]. |
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* {{cite book | last=Lane | first=Harlan | chapter=Chapter 1, My New Family | title=When the Mind Hears | edition=First | location= | publisher= Random House | year= | chapterurl=http://saveourdeafschools.org/when_the_mind_hears_chapter_1.pdf | isbn=0394508785}} |
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*[[Harlan Lane | Lane, Harlan]], When the Mind Hears, (Hardcover ISBN 0-394-50878-5, Publisher - Random House // Paperback ISBN 0-679-72023-5, Publisher - Vintage) (Download Chapter 1, "My New Family": http://saveourdeafschools.org/when_the_mind_hears_chapter_1.pdf) |
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Revision as of 22:59, 10 January 2009
Roch-Ambroise Cucurron Sicard (20 September 1742 - 10 May 1822) French abbé and instructor of the deaf.
Born at Le Fousseret, Haute-Garonne, and educated as a priest, Sicard was made principal of a school for the deaf at Bordeaux in 1786, and in 1789, on the death of the Abbé de l'Epée, succeeded him at Paris. He met Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet while traveling in England and invited Gallaudet to visit the famous school for the deaf in Paris.
Sicard's chief work was his Cours d'instruction d'un sourd-muet de naissance (1800). The Abbé Sicard managed to escape any serious harm in the political troubles of 1792, and became a member of the Institute in 1795, but the value of his educational work was hardly recognized till shortly before his death at Paris.
References
- Lane, Harlan. "Chapter 1, My New Family". When the Mind Hears (First ed.). Random House. ISBN 0394508785.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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