![]() ![]() Dead from tuberculosis at 43.Ī life well spent considering that his system is still very much in use up to now.īut what really struck me while reading this book was: how did his father feel at the time when the accident happened? how did he feel to be a father of a 4-y/o boy who became blind because of his negligence? Surely, it must have been unthinkably sad. ![]() Also dabbled in music and became famous with his piano skills. Became one of the teacher in the same school at 21. ![]() Started working on raised-dot system, substituting raised dots for each letter in the alphabet at 12 and demonstrating it to Louis-Philippe, the King of France at 20. National Institute for Blind Youth scholar at 10. This is the story of Louis Braille (1809-1852). The year was 1812 and there was no known way to control such an infection. ![]() She dabbed some lily water on the eye and after few days, the infection spread to the other eye. Since Coupvray was far from the city and his parents were poor, only a woman known to have healing powers was called. He was playing a pretend game in his father's saddle and harness workshop in Coupvray, France. He was a bubbly and curious four-year old boy when an awl (pruning knife) accidentally punctured his left eye. ![]()
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