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Charles Michel de l'Epee, who was the Father of the Deaf?





Today is the 306th birth anniversary of Charles Michele, who dedicated his whole life to the deaf. He created the world's first sign alphabet for the deaf. The French government recognized their work as a person who made them human interest.

Today Google has dedicated its doodle to Charles Michele. They are also called 'Father of the Deaf. Today is his 306th birth anniversary. Michele was born on November 24, 1712, in Versailles, France. He did a lot of work for the deaf in his life. He put his whole life into the world's first sign alphabet for the deaf.






Michele has prepared a complete system of the alphabet in gestures for interaction with deaf people. Charles Michele Dulipi also opened a school on his own expenses. 'This is not for the rich but for the poor. ' For his work, the French Parliament recognized him as Benefactor of Humanity. Apart from this, the rights of deaf people included in the laws of the basic rights of people in France.

Dulipi understood the importance of dialogue in gestures and made alphabet alphabetically different for the deaf people. He believed that ordinary people learn or understand from the ears. Deaf people should learn from their eyes. His father was a theologian who worked a lot in the field of theology. Today's Google Doodle is an animated doodle. There are 6 people talking about each other in gestures. As soon as you click on the animation, the page of the stories related to Charles opens. At the age of 77, he dies in Paris on December 23, 1789.