Louis Braille

✶January 4, 1809

†January 6, 1852

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Louis Braille was a French educator and the inventor of a reading and writing system named after him, braille, intended for use by visually impaired people. His system is used worldwide and remains virtually unchanged to this day.

French organist and teacher (1809-1852), inventor of braille, a system for reading and writing text and music, used by people who are blind or visually impaired

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Biography from the article Louis Braille on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.