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On his 306th birth anniversary, Google has honoured Charles-Michel de l’Épée with an animated doodle. Popularly known as ‘Father of the deaf’, Charles-Michel de l’Épée was an educator who dedicated his life to the education of the deaf.
Born in the city of Versailles, France, Charles-Michel de l’Épée initially studied Theology and Law. On his return to Paris, he achieved some success when he decided to tutor two twin girls who were deaf since childhood.
He decided to dedicate his life for the education of the deaf and founded his school (Institution Nationale des Sourds-Muets a Paris) for the deaf in Paris, at his own expense.
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His method was based on using certain conventional signs that constitute a complete alphabet. In those times, education for the deaf and dumb was limited to only the wealthy families. Charles-Michel de l’Épée adopted a more democratic approach by educating children from everywhere.
His methods were far more successful than his predecessors and he achieved great fame in his lifetime.
All his life, he tried for the emancipation of the hearing impaired—educating them and merging them with the regular people. In his book, he said, “Religion and humanity inspire me with such a great interest in a truly destitute class of persons who, though similar to ourselves, are reduced, as it were, to the condition of animals so long as no attempts are made to rescue them from the darkness surrounding them, that I consider it an absolute obligation to make every effort to bring about their release from these shadows.”
Now known as one of the founding fathers of deaf education, Charles-Michel de l’Épée died a pauper, in his efforts to educate the deaf. His school was taken over by the French Government and remains open even today.
He died on 23 December 1789, and was buried at the church at Saint-Roch in Paris. He was named as the “benefactors of mankind”and in 1838, a bronze monument was erected over his grave.
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