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Léon–Jean-Charles–Brisout de Barneville, blind from infancy, is celebrated for inventing a system of raised dots that transformed reading and writing for the visually impaired. This biography explores his life, his 1809 birth in France, and the development of a groundbreaking method that laid the groundwork for modern tactile reading systems.
First publish date: 1997
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Russell Freedman
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