The history of the Braille Alphabet The Braille Alphabet is an extremely vital alphabet today for blind people. A French man invented it by the name of Louis Braille. The history of the alphabet began when he was only four years old. Louis’ father was a shoemaker. Everyday, Louis would watch his father make shoes by an awl, a sharp pointed tool. One day, he decided he would like to try. The awl slipped from …showed first 75 words of 472 total…

…showed last 75 words of 472 total…survive to see his alphabet flourish worldwide. He sadly died from TB in 1852, at the mere age of 43. “By 1990 Braille was being used in almost every country in the world and had been adapted to almost every known language, from Albanian to Zulu. In France itself, Louis Braille's achievement was finally recognized by the state. In 1952 his body was moved to Paris where it was buried in the Pantheon, the home of France's national heroes.”