Louis Braille Death Cause and Date

Louis Braille's Death

Born (Birthday) January 4, 1809

Death Date January 6, 1852

Age of Death 43 years

Cause of Death Tuberculosis

Profession Inventor

The inventor Louis Braille died at the age of 43. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Blind inventor of a system of writing for blind people known as Braille. He later extended his system into musical notations, and, in 1829, he published his first book on his work, “Method of Writing Words, Music, and Plain Songs by Means of Dots, for Use by the Blind and Arranged for Them.”

He was born to parents Monique and Simon-Rene and had three older siblings: Monique Catherine Josephine, Louis-Simon, and Marie Celine.