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AFrench blind student who made the learning for blinds effective was born on 4 January, 1809. As a student, he studied the books of Valentin Huay who embossed Latin letters on heavy paper. As this created only small information to be filled in heavy uneven books, Louis Braille took inspiration from the captain of the army, Charles Barbier, who devised a communication system for soldiers. It was still complex for a lay man to understand.
Therefore, Braille, at the age of fifteen, set up his own language with uniform codes. The language came to be known as Braille, which is now used for blind persons all through the world by its various adaptations in different languages. Unfortunately, the system of communication was adopted in 1854, two years after the demise of Mr. Louis Braille. In his lifetime, he was a professor of History, Geometry and Algebra, and has been the subject of the works of Juvenile literature. He died on 6 January, 1852.