Original: Laurent Clerc (born Louis Laurent Marie Clerc) (26 December 1785 – 18 July 1869) was called "The Apostle of the deaf in America" and "The Father of the Deaf" by generations of American deaf people.
Simplified: Laurent Clerc, born Louis Laurent Marie Clerc, (December 26, 1785 in France - July 18, 1869) co-founded the first school for the deaf (people who cannot hear) in the United States.