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Recruitment of Laurent Clerc

When
1815–1816
Where
Paris and Britain
Part of
American School for the Deaf opens in Hartford, Connecticut

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet recruited Laurent Clerc from Paris in 1816 after failing to secure teachers from British institutions.

Gallaudet traveled to Europe in 1815 to find teachers for deaf education. He was rebuffed by Robert Kinniburgh at Braidwood's Academy in Britain. He then turned to Parisian schoolteachers and successfully recruited Laurent Clerc, who accompanied him to the United States in 1816.

Sources

  1. American School for the Deaf Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27
  2. Laurent Clerc Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-04

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