Louis Braille was born in 1309 (1)...................Coupvray.

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Louis Braille was born in 1309 (1)...................Coupvray. He was a French (2) ..................of the blind. He (3).............. was blind from the age of three, and in 1818 he went to the National Institute (4).................. the Young Blind in Paris. Soon showing marked (5)......................... in both science and music, he became famous in Paris (6)................... an organist and violoncellist. In 1826 Braille began teaching the blind in the (7)................ . Braille is known for his idea of (8).................. the Briberies. Point writing (9)...................... of embossed dots and dashes on cardboard;. the Braille system (10).................... from it is used successfully today, in slightly modified form, and in many countries.

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