Valentin Haüy

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Valentin Haüy (pronounced [aɥi]; 13 November 1745 – 18 March 1822) was the founder, in 1785, of the first school for the blind, the Institute for Blind Youth in Paris (now Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles, or the National Institute for the Young Blind, INJA). In 1819, Louis Braille entered this school.

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