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Édouard Séguin
Édouard Séguin (January 20, 1812 – October 28, 1880) was a French physician and educationist born in Clamecy, Nièvre. He is remembered for his work with children having cognitive impairments in France and the United States. Background and career in France He studied at the Collège d’Auxerre and the Lycée Saint-Louis in Paris, and from 1837 studied and worked under Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, who was an educator of deaf-mute individuals, that included the celebrated case of Victor of Aveyron, also known as "The Wild Child". It was Itard who persuaded Séguin to dedicate himself to study the causes, as well as the training of individuals with intellectual disabilities. As a young man, Séguin was also influenced by the ideas of utopian socialist Henri de Saint-Simon. Around 1840, he established the first private school in Paris dedicated to the education of individuals with intellectual disabilities. In 1846, he published ''Traitement Moral, Hygiène, et Education des I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clamecy, Nièvre
Clamecy () is a Communes of France, commune and a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture (seat of an arrondissement) of the Nièvre Departments of France, department in central France. Clamecy is at the confluence of the Yonne (river), Yonne and Beuvron (Yonne), Beuvron and on the Canal du Nivernais, N.N.E. of Nevers. Clamecy is locally described as the capital of the valleys of the Yonne and classified under the French tourist criteria "Station Verte de Vacances" (centre for outdoor activity–based vacations) and among the "Plus Beau Détour de France" (most beautiful routes in France). History The earliest literary mention under the name of Clamiciacus, a possession of the bishops of Auxerre, is in the bequest by Palladius of Auxerre, Pallade, Bishop of Auxerre, in 634, founding an abbey in the suburbs of Auxerre, dedicated to the Virgin, Saint Andrew and Saint Julien, martyr, and supported by lands in Clamiciacus and other places. Clamecy continued to belong to the ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
