Roch-Ambroise Auguste Bébian

Roch- Ambroise Auguste Bébian (* August 4, 1789 written at Pointe -à- Pitre (also Pointe -à-Pitre ), Guadeloupe, † February 24, 1839 in Pointe- à - Pitre ) is regarded as the first hearing person in France, the perfect as a native speaker ruled the former sign language. As such, he published in 1825 Mimographie that contains a description of the " natural signs " on the basis of which he developed transcription process.

He was succeeded by his father from the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe to France to his godfather Abbe Roch- Ambroise Sicard Cucurron, the successor de l' epees on " Institution royale of sourds - muets de Paris " (now National Institute Sourds Jeunes de Paris ) for a high-school education sent. This supposed him the guidance of the Abbé Jauffret. After a brilliant future studies at the Lycée Charlemagne in Paris Bébian devoted to the study of teaching methods for deaf students. He followed the instructions of Abbé Sicard and worked in conjunction with the deaf teachers Jean Massieu, Ferdinand Berthier and Laurent Clerc.

At the institution of the royal sourds - muets de Paris, he sought above all to the development of educational methods, where he was an advocate for a lesson based on the natural sign language of the deaf. He published his first book, Essai sur les sourds - muets et sur ​​le langage naturel (1817 ), as well as his most famous work, the Mimographie (1825 ) and other works.

Appointments as director of schools for the deaf in St. Petersburg and New York City is adverse, he founded a similar institution in Paris on the Boulevard Montparnasse, and later he became director of the school of Rouen and eventually went back to Guadeloupe, where he established a school for blacks founded. For the work Eloge historique de l' abbé de l' Epée (1819 ) he won the prize of the Academy of Sciences.

Literary works (selection)

• Essai sur les sourds - muets et sur ​​le langage naturel, Paris 1817
• Mimographie, Paris 1825
• Manuel d' enseignement Pratique des sourds - muets, Paris 1827
• L' éducation des sourds - muets mise à la portée of instituteurs primaires et de tous les parents, Paris 1831