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This person (January 4, 1809 -- January 6, 1852) was the inventor of Braille.
Braille was born in Coupvray, a small town located southeast of Paris in Seine-et-Marne. His father was a saddlemaker, who also made harnesses, bags and leather straps. As soon as he could walk, Louis spent time playing in his father's workshop. When he was three, he scratched his right eye while making holes in a piece of leather with a knife or awl that was too heavy for him. There was nothing anyone could do except patch and bind the hurt eye. His right eye got infected and the infection spread to his left eye making him blind.
When he was ten, Braille earned a scholarship to the National Institute for the Blind Youth in Paris, one of the first of its kind in the world. But living conditions in the school were poor. Louis ate stale bread and water, and students were sometimes abused or locked up as a form of punishment.
Despite these circumstances, Braille proved to be a bright and creative student. His ear for music enabled him to become an accomplished cellist and organist in classes taught by Marrigues. (Later in life, his musical talents this lead him to play the organ for churches all over France, and he held the position of organist in Paris at the Church of Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs 1834 and at the Church of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul in 1845.)
Children at the school were taught basic craftsman skills and simple trades. They were also taught how to read by feeling raised letters (a system devised by the school's founder, Valentin Haüy). However, because the raised letters were made using paper pressed against copper wire, the students never learned to write. Another bad thing was that the letters weighed a lot and whenever people published books using this system, they put together a book with multiple stories in one in order to save money. This made the books sometimes weigh over a hundred pounds. The school had only three books, all of which Louis read.
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What was the invented by Louis Braille?
Louis Braille invented the Braille System in 1824. It enabled the blind people to read just by feeling some holes.
What are some famous French inventors?
Louis braille and Louis Pasteur.
What was the name of Louis braille children?
yes Louis braille did have a wife and her name was Josephinne Braille.
Who intrudes braille?
Louis braille
What was Louis braille like?
louis braille was very shy and quiet.
Where was Louis Braille birthplace?
Louis Braille was born in Coupvray, France.
How much education did Louis Braille get?
How good was Louis braille's education
What were Louis Braille's parents' names?
Louis Braille's full name Louis Braille. Blind himself, he would go on to create a writing system of raised dots that is used by the blind.
Who came up with braille?
Louis Braille created Braille, a development of a military system for reading by touch, in the dark.
What challenges did Louis Braille face when inventing the braille system?
Louis braille had varoius chanllengs and conlfict in his time
How old was Louis Braille at death?
Louis Braille is dead
Who created braille and in what year?
Braille was created by Louis Braille, a French educator, in 1824. Louis Braille developed the tactile writing system as a way for blind individuals to read and write by using raised dots on paper to represent letters and words.
