- Louis Braille ]; 4 January 1809 – 6 January 1852) was a French educator and inventor of a system of reading and writing for use by the blind or visually impaired
| Born: | 04 January 1809 Comment | | When did Louis Braille die? / Died | 06 January 1852 | | How many years did Louis Braille live? / Lived | 43 years | | Zodiac sign: | Capricorn |
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Louis Braille facts
- His system remains known worldwide simply as braille
- Blinded in both eyes as a result of an early childhood accident, Braille mastered his disability while still a boy
- He excelled in his education and received scholarship to France's Royal Institute for Blind Youth
- While still a student there, he began developing a system of tactile code that could allow blind people to read and write quickly and efficiently
- Inspired by the military cryptography of Charles Barbier, Braille constructed a new method built specifically for the needs of the blind
- He presented his work to his peers for the first time in 1824
- In adulthood, Braille served as a professor at the Institute and had an avocation as a musician, but he largely spent the remainder of his life refining and extending his system
- It went unused by most educators for many years after his death, but posterity has recognized braille as a revolutionary invention, and it has been adapted for use in languages worldwide
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