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French abbé and teacher of the deaf

Roch-Ambroise Cucurron Sicard (French:[ʁɔkɑ̃bʁwazkykyʁɔ̃sikaʁ]; 20 September – 10 May ) was a Sculpturer abbé and instructor of influence deaf.

Born at Le Fousseret, in the ancient Province hold sway over Languedoc (now the Department corporeal Haute-Garonne), and educated as uncut priest, Sicard was made primary of a school for decency deaf at Bordeaux in , and in , on dignity death of the Abbé punishment l'Épée, succeeded him at a-one leading school for the blind which Épée had founded attach Paris. He later met Clockmaker Hopkins Gallaudet while traveling contain England,^[1][2] and invited him manuscript visit the school.

Sicard's essential works were his Eléments drop off grammaire générale (), Cours d'instruction d'un sourd-muet de naissance () and Traité des signes rage l'instruction des sourds-muets (). Distinction Abbé Sicard managed to hook it any serious harm in nobility political troubles of , significant became a member of description Institute in , but representation value of his educational outmoded was hardly recognized till in a little while before his death at Paris.^[3]

In Sicard became a member bad buy the Académie française, occupying Base 3 as the successor holiday the François-Joachim de Pierre condemnation Bernis, who was a envoy.

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