Harlan Lane

Harlan Lane

male
Harlan Lane is a professor of psychology and linguistics at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. He specializes... More
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William Stokoe

William Stokoe

male, deceased (2000)
Dr. William C. Stokoe, Jr. (1919 - 2000) was a scholar who researched American Sign Language (ASL) extensively while he worked at Gallaudet... More
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Jacob Rodrigues Pereira

Jacob Rodrigues Pereira

male, deceased (1780)
Jacob Rodrigues Pereira was an academic and the first teacher of deaf-mutes in France. Born Jacob Rodrigues Pereira in Peniche, Portugal, he was a... More
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John Flournoy

male, deceased (1879)
John J. Flournoy was a bold visionary of Deaf empowerment. Flournoy, a graduate of the American School for the Deaf, is best remembered as an... More
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Saint Ovidius

male, deceased (135)
Saint Ovidius, also "Saint Auditus", is a Portuguese saint. According to hagiographies of the 16th century, Ovidius was a Roman citizen of Sicilian... More
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Mariko Takamura

Mariko Takamura

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Mariko Takamura is a cultural icon for the deaf in Japan. She has overcome many barriers to deafness in her home country to the benefit of... More
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