by David Tollen | Jan 10, 2020 | The Recent Modern Age, Linguistics & Philology
Bronze bust of Louis Braille, created by Frédéric-Étienne Leroux (1887) This week in 1809, Louis Braille was born in a small French town called Coupvray. He’s known for creating the braille reading and writing system for the visually impaired. Louis lost his eyesight...
by David Tollen | Dec 3, 2019 | The Early Modern Age, History General
This week in 1852, Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte became Emperor of France. His father was the younger brother of the original Napoleon. And his mother was the daughter of the famous Josephine – the long-term mistress and eventually wife of the first Napoleon — by...
