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Definition of Louis Braille
1. Noun. French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-1852).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Louis Braille
Literary usage of Louis Braille
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Us invention by Louis Braille, a bund pupil of the Institution des Jeunes ...
The original idea of a point-print was derived by Louis Braille from Barbier ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1905)
"About 1852 a system whose invention is credited to Louis Braille, a blind student
of the Instituí da jeunes aveugles, was introduced into the Paris ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Louis Braille, a pupil and afterwards a professor of the Institution Nationale
des Jeunes Aveugles, Paris, studied all the various methods in which ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"It was then that the great invention of Louis Braille was recognised. He had
published a system in 1829, and fully developed it in 1834. ..."
5. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1888)
"It was then that the great invention of Louis Braille was recognised. He had
published a system in 1829, and fully developed it in 1834. ..."
6. American Journal of Education (1857)
"This difficulty has been obviated, by an ingenious system, invented by a French
teacher in the institution at Paris, himself blind, M. Louis Braille. ..."
7. On Becoming Blind: Advice for the Use of Persons Losing Their Sight by Émile Javal (1905)
"Many are subscribers to the magazine Le Louis Braille, printed for their use.
Unfortunately the larger number of books, and notably Le Louis Braille, ..."
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