Louis Braille - Simple English Wikipedia

# Louis Braille

### From Wikipedia, a free encyclopedia written in simple English for easy reading.

A portrait of Louis Braille

Louis Braille (born January 4, 1809, died January 6, 1852) was a French inventor who invented the "Braille" system, which helps blind people read.Louis Braille (January 4, 1809 – January 6, 1852) was the inventor of braille[1], a world-wide system used by blind and visually impaired people for reading and writing. Braille is read by passing one's fingers over characters made up of an arrangement of one to six embossed points. It has been adapted to almost every known language.

He went to the Royal Institute of Blind Youth at the age of ten. Braille was a good student, especially when it came to science and music. Later he became a church organist. He was also a teacher at the Institute of Blind Youth.He was tortured by his teachers and he had very poor health. Louis Braille died at the age of 42 due to his tuberculosis. he was a great person to make such an advanced type of writing.

This short article needs someone to make it better.
You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.

Retrieved from "http://simple.wikipedia.org../../../l/o/u/Louis_Braille_5cac.html"

Categories: 1809 births | 1852 deaths | Inventors

##### Views

- Article
- Talk
- Newest version

##### Search

##### In other languages

- Bosanski
- Български
- Català
- Česky
- Dansk
- Deutsch
- English
- Español
- Esperanto
- Français
- Galego
- 한국어
- Hrvatski
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Italiano
- עברית
- Latina
- Bahasa Melayu
- Nederlands
- 日本語
- Norsk (bokmål)
- Polski
- Português
- Română
- Русский
- Slovenčina
- Српски / Srpski
- Srpskohrvatski / Српскохрватски
- Suomi
- Svenska
- ไทย
- Türkçe
- Українська
- 中文