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Louis Braille was born on January 4, 1809.
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Braille lost his eyesight when he was three by playing with a tool called an awl that make holes in leather. He got an infection in his eye that spread to his other eye and left him blind.
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At age 10, Louis Braille was accepted into the Royal Institute for Blind Youth. Later renamed the National Institute for Blind Youth. Where he learned to read raised letters invented by Valentine Hauy.
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Braille was inspired by "night writing" used by the French Army that was composed of raised dots and dashes on thick paper. Soldiers were able to read it without using light and giving away their positions. This inspired Braille to form his own type of communication using raised dots.
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At the age of 15, Braille basically completed a system of six cell dots, instead of the twelve the French Army used. This was the beginning of Braille code that would change communication in the blind community.
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Braille published his final completed work for the first time. This included raised dots and dashes.
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Upon graduating, Louis had earned a spot as a professor in the National Institute for Blind Youth where he spend most of the rest of his life teaching history, geometry, and algebra.
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Braille had an ear for music. He became the organist for different churches.
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Braille edited his Braille code and discontinued the use of the dashes because it was too confusing. He republished in 1837.
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Created and Published the book "Little Synopsis of Arithmetic for Beginners"
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Braille's monograph "New Method for Representing by Dots the Form of Letters, Maps, Geometric Figures, Musical Symbols" for use by the Blind was published.
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Braille was diagnosed with Tuberculosis at the age of 40. He retired from teaching.
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Louis Braille died at the age of 43 after being admitted to the infirmary of the Royal Institution.
