Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Deaf people in America respected Clerc and call him the `` Father of the Deaf '' because he founded the first school for the deaf in America in Hartford , Connecticut .
Simplified: Clerc 's name sign would become the best known and most recognizable name sign in American deaf history and Clerc became the most renowned deaf person in American history . Clerc attended the famous school for the Deaf in Paris and was taught by Abbe Sicard .