Braille, Louis

 
Pronunciation: /breɪl, bʀaj/
  • (1809–52), French educationist. Blind from the age of 3, by the age of 15 he had developed his own system of raised-point reading and writing, which was officially adopted two years after his death.

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Braille should be spelled with -ille at the end: the system is named after the French educationalist Louis Braille.