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1712 – 1778Jean-Jacques RousseauThe Social ContractBorn in Geneva, his political philosophy influenced the French Revolution and modern democratic thought.
1712 – 1789Charles-Michel de l'Epee (1712-1789)Died 23 December 1789, aged 77Charles-Michel de l'Epee was a French Catholic cleric who founded the first free school for the deaf in Paris, developing a system of signed French that laid groundwork for modern sign language education. His methods spread across Europe and influenced deaf education worldwide. He is regarded as a founding figure of deaf pedagogy.