War Braille blind?
Im Alter von drei Jahren verletzte sich Braille mit einer Ahle aus der Sattlerwerkstatt seines Vaters am Auge. Das verletzte Auge entzündete sich und das zweite, bis dahin unversehrte Auge erkrankte ebenfalls. Diese Sympathische Ophthalmie führte zur völligen Erblindung des fünfjährigen Louis.
Wann ist Louis Braille gestorben?
6. Januar 1852
Louis Braille/Sterbedatum
Welche Schrift half Louis die Blindenschrift zu erfinden?
1839 veröffentlichte Louis Braille seine Raphigrafie zur Nachbildung der lateinischen Buchstaben durch Punkte, an der er längere Zeit gearbeitet hatte. Gedacht war diese Schrift für blinde Schüler, die Angehörigen oder Freunden schreiben wollten, welche diese Brailleschrift nicht lesen konnten.
Who was Louis Braille?
Louis Braille, the fourth child of Monique and Simon-Rene Braille, was born on 4th January 1809 in Coupvray, France – a small town roughly 20 miles east of Paris. Simone-Rene worked as the village saddler making a successful living as a leatherer and maker of horse tack. The childhood home of Louis Braille. Image source: CC BY-SA 3.0 / Kou07kou.
How did Braille lose his sight?
Louis Braille was born in the village of Coupvray, France on January 4, 1809. He lost his sight at a very young age after he accidentally stabbed himself in the eye with his father’s awl. Braille’s father was a leather-worker and poked holes in the leather goods he produced with the awl.
When did Braille become official in the world?
In 1878, the World Congress for the Blind followed suit, making braille official worldwide. The French government marked the centennial of Louis Braille’s death by honoring him as a national hero and moving his remains from the village cemetery in Coupvray to Paris to be interred in the Pantheon.
What inspired Braille’s father to make a code?
Braille’s father was a leather-worker and poked holes in the leather goods he produced with the awl. At eleven years old, Braille found inspiration to modify Charles Barbier’s “night writing” code in an effort to create an efficient written communication system for fellow blind individuals.