louis braille

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Definition of louis braille in English English dictionary

{i} (1809-1852) French educator (who became blind at the age of three) and inventor of the Braille system for the blind

born Jan. 4, 1809, Coupvray, near Paris, France died Jan. 6, 1852, Paris French educator who developed the Braille system of printing and writing for the blind. Himself blinded at the age of three in an accident, he went to Paris in 1819 to attend the National Institute for Blind Children, and from 1826 he taught there. Braille adapted a method created by Charles Barbier to develop his own simplified system

Hyphenation

Lou·is Braille

Turkish pronunciation

lui breyl

Pronunciation

/ˈlo͞oē ˈbrāl/ /ˈluːiː ˈbreɪl/