Louis Braille was twelve years old when he merely perfected the "Night writing" system that was invented by Charles Barbier in 1821. Barbier made this system for Napoleon so he could read messages at night without a lamp. Louis Braille perfected this system in 1821.
Louis Braille is dead
Louis Braille was 17 years old when he published his first braille book in 1829.
because the army people used something similar share top-secret information on the battlefield without even having to speak. Unfortunately, the code was too hard for the soldiers, but not for 12-year-old Louis!
Braille developed in 1824 by 15 year old Louis Braille. Braille was blinded by an accident in his father's shop when he was 3.
Louis Braille died 6 January 1852.To read more louis-braille
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Braille was invented in 1821, though probably not in one day. Louis Braille was twelve years old when he invented the system, though it was not widely accepted at the time. The Braille system became the official reading and writing method of the National Institute for Blind Youth only six months after Louis Braille's death in 1852.
Braille contracted incurable tuberculosis in 1835 and succumbed to the disease in 1852. (He was 43 years old at the time of his death.)
Louis Braille's dad was a saddle and harness maker in the village of Coupvray (in Paris) and Louis loved to watch him and that was the place where he first got blind from an accident with an awl ( one of his fathers tools that he wasn't supposed to touch) it punctured his eye and infected his other eye this could not be cured back then so he was blind when he was 4 years old hope that answers your question and i know all this because my class just finished reading Out of Darkness the story of Louis Braille.
Louis was blind at the age of 3 not very old and he died at the age of 43 not old.
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Louis Braille was born on 4th January, 1809, at Coupvray, near Paris. At three years of age an accident deprived him of his sight, and in 1819 he was sent to the Paris Blind School. Young Louis Braille desperately wanted to read. He realized the vast world of thought and ideas that was locked out to him because of his disability. And he was determined to find the key to this door for himself, and for all other blind persons. So he invented the Braille system.Following are some interesting facts about Braille:Louis Braille was 12 years old when he invented the Braille system.Each Braille cell has 1 to 6 raised dots which form different symbols.Braille is read left to right.Both hands are used in reading Braille, mainly the index fingers.The average reading speed is 125 words per minute, although it is possible to read up to 200 words per minutes.By using the Braille system, blind individuals can read for educational purposes, for recreation, insurance policies, appliance instructions, cookbooks, and much more.