Louis Braille (/ breɪl / brayl; French: [lwi bʁɑj]; 4 January 1809 – 6 January 1852) was a French educator and the inventor of a reading and writing system named after him, braille, intended for use by visually …

3 days ago · Louis Braille (born January 4, 1809, Coupvray, near Paris, France—died January 6, 1852, Paris) was a French educator who developed a system of printing and writing, called Braille, that is …

Louis Braille died on January 6, 1852 at the age of 43, having lived a successful life as teacher, musician, researcher, and inventor. In 2009, the world celebrated Braille's Bicentennial.

Between 1824 and 1825, Louis Braille created a system of raised dot letters that could be read with the hands. Initially ignored, his invention would be universally adopted by the 20th century,...

Although the work of many others contributed to his accomplishment, Louis Braille's invention of a tactile six-dot reading and writing system revolutionized the way blind people perceived and contributed to …

Louis Braille publishes the first braille book, Method of Writing Words, Music, and Plain Songs by Means of Dots, for Use by the Blind and Arranged for Them. A gifted musician who studied both the piano …

World Braille Day is celebrated every year on January 4. The day commemorates the birth anniversary of Louis Braille (1809-1852), the French inventor of the tactile reading and writing system.

The Louis Braille Museum illustrates the life and legacy of the creator of the braille code—a system of raised dots representing letters, numbers, and punctuation which revolutionized the way blind people …

Louis Braille (January 4, 1809 – January 6, 1852) was the inventor of the braille writing system, the world-wide system used by blind and visually impaired people for reading and writing.

Sep 6, 2024 · At just age 15, Braille devised a revolutionary system using raised dots to expand reading options for blind students like himself. In 1819, 10-year-old Louis Braille became the youngest...