Forging Deaf Education in Nineteenth-Century France: Biographical Sketches of Bébian, Sicard, Massieu, and Clerc

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FORGING DEAF EDUCATION IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY FRANCE FORGING DEAF EDUCATION in NINETEENTHCENTURY FRANCE Biographical Sketches of Bébian, Sicard, Massieu, and Clerc Ferdinand Berthier Edited and Translated by Freeman G. Henry Gallaudet University Press Washington, D.C. Gallaudet University Press Washington, D.C. 20002 http://gupress.gallaudet.edu© 2009 by Freeman Henry All rights reserved. Published 2009 Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Berthier, Ferdinand, 1803–1886. [Selections English] Forging deaf education in nineteenth-century France : Biographical Sketches of Bébian, Sicard, Massieu, and Clerc : texts / by Ferdinand Berthier ; edited and translated by Freeman G. Henry. p. cm. Translation from the French of selections from Berthier’s works. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-56368-415-9 (alk. paper) 1. Deaf—Education—France—History—19th century. 2. Teachers of the deaf— France—Biography. 3. Deaf—France—History—19th century. I. Henry, Freeman G. II.Title. HV2736.B47 2009 371.91'2094409034—dc22 2009021818 All images appear courtesy of Gallaudet University Archives. © Gallaudet University. ∞ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1984. In memory of and in tribute to Ferdinand Berthier ...