How did louis Brallie spend his childhood?
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Louis Braille was born on January 4, 1809 in Coupvray, France to Simon-Rene Braille and Monique Braille. His father Simon-Rene had a successful leather merchant and the family lived in a large house. He had three sisters.
Louis Braille was interested in his father’s leather business right from the time he was a child and often spent time at the workshop. When he was three years old, he had an accident while trying to penetrate a piece of leather with an awl as the awl slipped and struck his eye. The eye caught an infection and soon spread to the other eye. By the time he was five, Louis Braille had lost his eyesight entirely.
Braille’s parents encouraged him to lead a normal life and the child did show a willingness to learn despite his handicap. In 1819, Braille was sent to Paris to study at the Royal Institute for Blind Youth where he was to receive his education after being educated at a school in his naive Coupvray in his early years.
During his time at the Royal Institute for Blind Youth in Paris, Louis Braille was introduced to the ‘Hauy system’, a reading system developed by the founder of the institute Valentin Hauy. Braille was not convinced that it was the best possible reading system for blind people since it did not help the people with their writing.
Louis Braille was born on January 4, 1809 in Coupvray, France to Simon-Rene Braille and Monique Braille. His father Simon-Rene had a successful leather merchant and the family lived in a large house. He had three sisters.
Louis Braille was interested in his father’s leather business right from the time he was a child and often spent time at the workshop. When he was three years old, he had an accident while trying to penetrate a piece of leather with an awl as the awl slipped and struck his eye. The eye caught an infection and soon spread to the other eye. By the time he was five, Louis Braille had lost his eyesight entirely.
Braille’s parents encouraged him to lead a normal life and the child did show a willingness to learn despite his handicap. In 1819, Braille was sent to Paris to study at the Royal Institute for Blind Youth where he was to receive his education after being educated at a school in his naive Coupvray in his early years.
During his time at the Royal Institute for Blind Youth in Paris, Louis Braille was introduced to the ‘Hauy system’, a reading system developed by the founder of the institute Valentin Hauy. Braille was not convinced that it was the best possible reading system for blind people since it did not help the people with their writing.
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