Pierre-François-Victor Foucault

Pierre-François-Victor Foucault (1797–1871) was the inventor in 1843 of the first printing machine for braille, the decapoint.

An example of raphigraphe

Life

A pupil of the Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles, Foucault married Thérèse-Adèle Husson, a blind author, in 1826.[1] This marriage gave birth to two daughters. After his wife's death in 1831, following a fire, he married a seamstress (non blind) in 1832, Adélaïde Louise Juteau.[2] This allowed him to become a resident of the Quinze-Vingts (marriages between blind people were prohibited), which gave him the financial possibility to collaborate with Louis Braille.

The raphigraphe

His invention was awarded a platinum medal by the Société d'encouragement pour l'industrie nationale, then he showed it at The Great Exhibition (1851) in London.[3]

References
  1. Weygand, Zina (2015-07-08). Religion et enfermements : XVIIe-XXe siècles. Histoire. Presses universitaires de Rennes. pp. 203–215. ISBN 9782753532298. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  2. "État civil reconstitué de la ville de Paris". archives.paris.fr. p. 43. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  3. Mellor, C. Michael (2006). Louis Braille: A Touch of Genius. National Braille Press. p. 90. ISBN 9780939173709. Retrieved 27 September 2018. Pierre-François-Victor foucault.
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