Louis Braille was a teacher, composer, masterful pianist, and the inventor of the Braille script, which is widely used around the world by blind individuals for reading and writing.

As a child, he injured his eye while playing with a leather-working awl. The injury led to partial vision loss, and eventually, he became completely blind. However, with the support and guidance of a local priest, he was gradually encouraged to pursue education.

As a teenager, he adapted and refined a tactile writing system originally invented by a French military officer and succeeded in creating what is now known as Braille script. Initially, he faced opposition from the administrators at the School for the Blind in Paris, but later, with the support of the school’s deputy director, Braille’s system was officially introduced to the world.

In midlife, he fell ill with a disease that was later diagnosed as tuberculosis. He eventually passed away at the age of 43, on January 6, 1852, in Paris. His body was laid to rest in the Panthéon cemetery, but was later moved to his hometown, Coupvray.

Years after his death, his invented writing system gained widespread use and was officially named Braille in his memory.