by Mister Promo | January 4, 2016
Louis Braille (a. 43)
Inventor
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Louis is from a small town, near Paris, name Coupvray.
At age 3, Louis lost his vision due to a horrible accident involving his father's tools.
At age 12, he became the inventor of a particular style of writing for the blind. This became known as Braille.
"In 1821, a former soldier named Charles Barbier visited the school, (where Louis attended). Barbier shared his invention called "night writing," a code of 12 raised dots that let soldiers 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!"
At age 20, he published his first book, "Method of Writing Words, Music, and Plain Songs by Means of Dots, for Use of the Blind and Arrange for Them."
Good job, Louis Braille!
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