Founder of the first school for the blind

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René-Just Haüy and his brother Valentin. Engraving by A. Boilly after J. Boilly.

The Institut National des Aveugles-nés, Paris: interior during the visit of Pope Pius VII. Aquatint with etching by Marlé, 1805.

La vie et l'œuvre de Valentin Haüy / Pierre Henri.

Essai sur l'éducation des aveugles, ou, Exposé de différens moyens, vérifiés par l'expérience, pour les mettre en état de lire, à l'aide du tact, d'imprimer des livres dans lesquels ils puissent prendre des connoissances de langues, d'histoire, de géographie, de musique, &c., d'exécuter différens travaux relatifs aux métiers, &c. ... / par M. Haüy.

Poems / by the late Reverend Dr. Thomas Blacklock ; together with an essay on the education of the blind [tr. from the French of V. Haüy] To which is prefixed a new account of the life and writings of the author, by Mr. Mackenzie.

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Valentin Haüy

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Poems / by the late Reverend Dr. Thomas Blacklock ; together with an essay on the education of the blind [tr. from the French of V. Haüy] To which is prefixed a new account of the life and writings of the author, by Mr. Mackenzie.