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Braille, Louis
Born Jan. 4, 1809, in Coupvray; died Jan. 6, 1852, in Paris. French teacher of reading by touch. Braille went blind at age three. In 1829 he developed a raised-dot print for the blind that is still used throughout the world. The first book printed in Braille’s system was A History of France (1837). The printing of books in the Braille system began in Russia in 1885. In addition to his system for letters and numbers, Braille worked out a system of musical notation using the same principles. Braille was a talented musician and taught music to the blind. REFERENCES“Stoletie so dnia rozhdeniia Lui Brailia.” Slepets, 1909, no. 2.Krasnousov, P. D., and F. I. Shoev. Lui Brail’. Moscow, 1959. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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