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Louis Braille
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.
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science · French educator and inventor of braille (1809–1852) · organist · inventor · educator of the blind · also Louis Braille, Braille
Born 4 January 1809 · Died 6 January 1852 · Q93182
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2009· 1 entry
Was celebrated throughout the world by exhibitions and symposiums about his life and achievements
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2006· 1 entry
Was shown on Google's homepage, spelling "Google" in braille
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1916· 1 entry
And a universal braille code for English was formalized in 1932
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1873· 1 entry
The cause of braille was championed by Dr
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1852· 1 entry
Died 1852-01-06.
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1844· 1 entry
At the time of the opening of a new school building on the Boulevard des Invalides
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1840· 1 entry
By an ambitious younger teacher, Pierre-Armand Dufau, who opposed the teaching of Braille at the school
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1829· 2 entries
Published the first book about his system, Method of Writing Words, Music, and Plainsong by Means of Dots, for Use by the Blind and Arranged for Them
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But by the second edition in 1837 discarded the dashes because they were too difficult to read
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1821· 1 entry
Braille learned of a communication system devised by Charles Barbier
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1809· 1 entry
Born 1809-01-04.
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