Louis Braille, a French educator and designer of a method of reading and writing for the blind, dies of TB at the age of 43 in 1852.

Louis Braille was a French professor and the creator of the Braille reading and writing system for the blind. His system has remained practically unchanged since its invention, and is simply known as braille around the world. He died of tuberculosis on January 6, 1852.
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