Louis Braille

Louis Braille

male (Paris)
blind, inventor, visual impairment, visually impaired, braille, Inventorofwritingsystems…inventor of a writing system for the blind, completely blind by the age of four, died of tuberculosis in 1852, at the age of 43, tactile writing system used by blind people
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Paracelsus

Paracelsus

male, deceased (1541)
Astrologer, Alchemy, physician, Non-fiction writer, Inventorofwritingsystems, Alchemist…Discoverer of chemical elements
Paracelsus (11 November or 17 December 1493 in Einsiedeln, Switzerland - 24 September 1541) was an alchemist, physician, astrologer, and general...
James Legge

James Legge

male, deceased (1897)
Inventorofwritingsystems, Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, congregational church, Lexicographer, Scottish, Fellow of Colleges of the University of Oxford…Alumni of the University of Aberdeen, Sacred Books of the East
James Legge was a noted Scottish sinologist, a Scottish Congregationalist, representative of the London Missionary Society in Malacca and Hong Kong...
John Dee

John Dee

male, deceased (1608)
hermes trismegistus, Astronomer, Geographer, mathematician, Occultist, Occult writer…University of Paris, Inventorofwritingsystems, Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
John Dee was a noted English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, occultist, and consultant to Queen Elizabeth I. He also devoted...
Valerie Sutton

Valerie Sutton

female, 58 years old
physicist, Dance notation, Walt Disney Pictures, Corning Glass Works, mime artist, sportswriting…International Movement Writing Alphabet, Sutton Movement Writing, Inventorofwritingsystems
Valerie Sutton (born February 22, 1951) is a developer of movement notation and a former dancer. She was born in the borough of Manhattan, in New...

Enmerkar

male
Inventorofwritingsystems, Mesh-ki-ag-gasher, babel, nimrod, Sumer, Sumerian ruler…tower of babel
Enmerkar, according to the Sumerian king list, was the builder of Uruk, and was said to have reigned for "420 years" (or 900 as some copies). It...
Isaac Pitman

Isaac Pitman

male, deceased (1897)
inventor, vegetarian, Inventorofwritingsystems, trowbridge, shorthand, wiltshire
Sir Isaac Pitman (January 4 1813 - January 12 1897), knighted in 1894, developed the most widely used system of shorthand, known now as Pitman...
Menelik II of Ethiopia II of Ethiopia

Menelik II of Ethiopia II of Ethiopia

male, deceased (1913)
Inventorofwritingsystems, Ruler of Ethiopia, Emperor of Ethiopia, Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, menelik ii, Ruler of Shewa
Emperor Menelik II (Ge'ez ምኒልክ) baptized as Sahle Maryam, was "Emperor of Ethiopiaof Ethiopia from 1889 to his death. <br>"Menelek II"
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa

male, deceased (1535)
Astrologer, German, Occultist, feminism, Occult writer, Alchemist…Inventorofwritingsystems
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (1486-1535) was a German magician, occult writer, astrologer, and alchemist. He may also be considered an...