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class="bday">1845-06-11</span>)</span>11 June 1845<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Rotterdam" title="Rotterdam">Rotterdam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">The Netherlands</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">28 June 1907<span style="display:none">(1907-06-28)</span> (aged 62)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, United Kingdom</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burial place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Willesden_Jewish_Cemetery" title="Willesden Jewish Cemetery">Willesden Jewish Cemetery</a><sup id="cite_ref-kutner_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kutner-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style 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He pioneered the <a href="/wiki/Oralism" title="Oralism">Oralist method</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Deaf_education" title="Deaf education">education of the deaf</a> in England. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_van_Praagh&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wolf Saloman van Praagh was born into a <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jewish</a> family in <a href="/wiki/Rotterdam" title="Rotterdam">Rotterdam</a> in 1845.<sup id="cite_ref-stiles_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stiles-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1859,<sup id="cite_ref-jhist_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jhist-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he studied under <a href="/wiki/David_Hirsch_(educator)" title="David Hirsch (educator)">David Hirsch</a>, director of the Rotterdam School for the Deaf and Dumb, who had introduced the <a href="/wiki/Oralism" title="Oralism">oral system</a> of teaching the deaf from Germany into Holland.<sup id="cite_ref-JC1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JC1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EJ_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EJ-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1866, van Praagh was invited to manage the newly estalished Jews' Deaf and Dumb Home in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-markides_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-markides-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He took the name William upon settling in England.<sup id="cite_ref-stiles_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stiles-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Van Praagh's "Pure Oral System" attracted the attention of <a href="/wiki/Anne_Thackeray_Ritchie" title="Anne Thackeray Ritchie">Anne Thackeray</a><sup id="cite_ref-thackeray_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thackeray-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and other members of the press.<sup id="cite_ref-JE_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JE-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1871 he published the pamphlet <i>Plan for the Establishment of Day-Schools for the Deaf and Dumb</i>, which became a catalyst for the development of day schools for deaf students in England.<sup id="cite_ref-JE_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JE-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was critical of residential schools for the deaf, emphasizing the importance of allowing deaf students to interact with non-deaf individuals outside of school hours.<sup id="cite_ref-JC1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JC1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pritchard_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pritchard-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1870, van Praagh became director of the Association for the Oral Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, a nonsectarian institution founded by Juliana Baroness Mayer de Rothschild. Under his leadership, the association established the Normal School and Training College for Teachers in 1872. He remained the institution's director until his death,<sup id="cite_ref-AAD_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAD-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> training a generation of educators in the Oralist system.<sup id="cite_ref-JE_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JE-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Van Praagh also founded the National Union of Teachers upon the Pure Oral Method shortly after the passing of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Elementary_Education_(Blind_and_Deaf_Children)_Act&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elementary Education (Blind and Deaf Children) Act (page does not exist)">Elementary Education (Blind and Deaf Children) Act</a> in 1893.<sup id="cite_ref-kutner_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kutner-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Van Praagh died on 28 June 1907 following a sudden attack of <a href="/wiki/Angina_pectoris" class="mw-redirect" title="Angina pectoris">angina pectoris</a> after his annual public demonstration of the lip-reading system in <a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Square" title="Fitzroy Square">Fitzroy Square</a>. His last words were reportedly, "Gentlemen, I have finished."<sup id="cite_ref-JC1_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JC1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_van_Praagh&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>William van Praagh married Emily van Praagh, daughter of Morris van Praagh, in February 1872.<sup id="cite_ref-berger_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-berger-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They together had four sons and two daughters.<sup id="cite_ref-JC1_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JC1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His granddaughter was the ballet dancer <a href="/wiki/Peggy_van_Praagh" title="Peggy van Praagh">Peggy van Praagh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EJ_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EJ-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Van Praagh was a member of the Committee of the Netherlands Benevolent Society, and a <a href="/wiki/Masonic_lodge_officer" title="Masonic lodge officer">Past Master</a> of the Athenaeum Lodge no. 1491. He was affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Bayswater_Synagogue" title="Bayswater Synagogue">Bayswater Synagogue</a> in <a href="/wiki/City_of_Westminster" title="City of Westminster">Westminster</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JC2_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JC2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_van_Praagh&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In recognition of his contributions to the education of the deaf, van Praagh was named an <a href="/wiki/Ordre_des_Palmes_acad%C3%A9miques" title="Ordre des Palmes académiques">Officier d'Académie</a> by the French <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_National_Education_(France)" title="Ministry of National Education (France)">Ministry of Public Instruction and Fine Arts</a> in 1884.<sup id="cite_ref-JE_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JE-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_publications">Selected publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_van_Praagh&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Selected publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=H6srJ-jzsqQC"><i>Plan for the Establishment of Day Schools for the Deaf and Dumb</i></a>. London: Trübner & Co. 1871.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Plan+for+the+Establishment+of+Day+Schools+for+the+Deaf+and+Dumb&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Tr%C3%BCbner+%26+Co.&rft.date=1871&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DH6srJ-jzsqQC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+van+Praagh" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wellcomecollection.org/works/efx2jqnj/items">"On the Oral Education of the Deaf and Dumb"</a>. <i>Journal of Education</i>. London: Association for the Oral Instruction of the Deaf. 1878.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Education&rft.atitle=On+the+Oral+Education+of+the+Deaf+and+Dumb&rft.date=1878&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwellcomecollection.org%2Fworks%2Fefx2jqnj%2Fitems&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+van+Praagh" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>On Training Colleges for Teachers of the Deaf and Dumb</i>. 1882.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=On+Training+Colleges+for+Teachers+of+the+Deaf+and+Dumb&rft.date=1882&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+van+Praagh" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Lessons for the Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Children in Speaking, Lip-Reading, Reading, and Writing</i>. London: Trübner & Co. 1884.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Lessons+for+the+Instruction+of+Deaf+and+Dumb+Children+in+Speaking%2C+Lip-Reading%2C+Reading%2C+and+Writing&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Tr%C3%BCbner+%26+Co.&rft.date=1884&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+van+Praagh" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/b21908333_0011/page/78/mode/2up">"Oral Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/International_Health_Exhibition" title="International Health Exhibition">International Health Exhibition, London 1884</a></i>. Vol. 11. London: W. Clowes. 1884. pp. <span class="nowrap">79–</span>88.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Oral+Instruction+of+the+Deaf+and+Dumb&rft.btitle=International+Health+Exhibition%2C+London+1884&rft.place=London&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E79-%3C%2Fspan%3E88&rft.pub=W.+Clowes&rft.date=1884&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fb21908333_0011%2Fpage%2F78%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+van+Praagh" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1">"Defective Articulation Resulting from Cleft Palate". <i>Transactions of the Odontological Society of Great Britain</i>. June 1888.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Transactions+of+the+Odontological+Society+of+Great+Britain&rft.atitle=Defective+Articulation+Resulting+from+Cleft+Palate&rft.date=1888-06&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+van+Praagh" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/storehouseofgene34unse/page/n365/mode/2up">"Deaf and Dumb"</a>. <i>The Storehouse of General Information</i>. Vol. 3. London, Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Co. 1892. pp. <span class="nowrap">349–</span>352.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Deaf+and+Dumb&rft.btitle=The+Storehouse+of+General+Information&rft.place=London%2C+Paris+%26+Melbourne&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E349-%3C%2Fspan%3E352&rft.pub=Cassell+%26+Co.&rft.date=1892&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fstorehouseofgene34unse%2Fpage%2Fn365%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+van+Praagh" class="Z3988"></span><sup id="cite_ref-JC1_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JC1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Lip-Reading for the Deaf</i> (6th ed.). 1900.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Lip-Reading+for+the+Deaf&rft.edition=6th&rft.date=1900&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+van+Praagh" class="Z3988"></span><sup id="cite_ref-JC1_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JC1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_van_Praagh&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> This article incorporates text from a publication now in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJacobsHarris1906" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Jacobs, Joseph; Harris, Isidore (1906). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/14642-van-praagh-william">"van Praagh, William"</a>. 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