ID
0830
Nationality
French
Occupation
Student
Summary
Various spellings of this name exist: Azi, Asi, d'Asy, Estavigny, de Tavigny. Born deaf, only son of a man by the same name. Taught unsuccessfully by monks, then, at age 16, successfully by Jacob Rodriguez Pereire; was exhibited to the French Academy of Science, then to King Louis XV and the royal princesses.
References
Notable Deaf Persons, p.40-42; The Conquest of Deafness, p.73-74.
Dates
1730?-?