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Birth Day | January 4, 1809 |
Birth Place | Coupvray, France |
Age | 210 YEARS OLD |
Died On | Jan 6, 1852 (age 43) |
Birth Sign | Capricorn |
Net worth: $85 Million (2024)
About
Blind Inventor of a system of writing for blind people known as Braille. He later extended his system into musical notations, and, in 1829, he published his first book on his work, "Method of Writing Words, Music, and Plain Songs by Means of Dots, for Use by the Blind and Arranged for Them."
Before Fame
An accident with his father's tools cost him the use of his eyes.
Trivia
He was only fifteen years old when he invented Braille, which is a tactile language based on raised dots.
Family Life
He was born to parents Monique and Simon-Rene and had three older siblings: Monique Catherine Josephine, Louis-Simon, and Marie Celine.
Associated With
He was the Inventor of Braille, whereas Samuel Morse was the Inventor of the Morse code.