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Didymus the Blind – Dean of the Theological School of Alexandria and first man to memorise the Holy Bible; Lutgardis – Catholic saint, blind in the last 11 years of her life. Margaret of Castello – a 13th - 14th century Italian Catholic educator and Dominican tertiary, born blind. Pacificus of San Severino – Franciscan visionary.
The Blind is an epithet for: Béla II of Hungary (c. 1110–1141), King of Hungary and Croatia; Rudolf II, Count Palatine of the Rhine (1306–1353) Bogdan III the One-Eyed (1479–1517), also known as the Blind, Voivode of Moldavia; Didymus the Blind (c. 313–398), Coptic Church theologian; Henry IV, Count of Luxembourg (c. 1112–1196), also ...
Birthplace of Louis Braille in Coupvray. Louis Braille was born in Coupvray, a small town about twenty miles east of Paris, on 4 January 1809. [2] He and his three elder siblings – Monique Catherine (b. 1793), Louis-Simon (b. 1795), and Marie Céline (b. 1797) [3] – lived with their parents, Simon-René and Monique, on three hectares of land and vineyard in the countryside.
As he was going blind, Weihenmayer fought against using canes and learning Braille. He wanted to hang on to his life in the sighted world. Upon returning to America, Weihenmayer and his family settled in Connecticut, where he attended Weston High School. He eventually turned to wrestling and became a prominent force in high school, captaining ...
Jacob W. Bolotin (January 3, 1888 – April 1, 1924) was the world's first totally blind physician.. Born in 1888 to a poor immigrant family in Chicago, United States, Bolotin fought prejudice and misconceptions about the capabilities of blind people in order to win acceptance to medical school and then into the medical profession.
The Seeing Eye, the world-famous dog guide training school, was incorporated in Nashville January 29, 1929, with headquarters in the Fourth and First National Bank Building at 315 Union St. Morris Frank, a 20-year-old blind man from Nashville, and his guide dog Buddy, played a key role in the school's founding and subsequent success.
Image credits: Bettmann / gettyimages #3 Connie Converse. Elizabeth Eaton Converse, most commonly known by her stage name Connie, is often hailed as one of the first modern singer-songwriters, and ...
Following the publication of Dickens's book, Bridgman became world famous. Thousands of people visited her at the Perkins School, "asked for keepsakes, followed her in the newspapers, and read paeans to her in evangelical journals and ladies' magazines". [22] On Saturdays, the school was open to the public.