Jan. 4, 1809,Coupvray, France:Modified the Barbier point writing system for the Royal Institute for Blind Children
[DOC] [TLE] Louis Braille - Wikipedia [PAR] Louis Braille was a French educator and inventor of a system of reading and 
writing for use by ... Louis Braille was born in Coupvray, France, a small town 
about twenty miles east ... the first schools for blind children in the world, the 
Royal Institute for Blind Youth, .....