by David Tollen | Jan 10, 2020 | The Recent Modern Age, Linguistics & Philology
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 at age 5. At age 10, he enrolled in one of the first schools for blind...
