RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Valentin Haüy

1745 - 1822

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Valentin Haüy (pronounced [aɥi]; 13 November 1745 – 19 March 1822) was the founder, in 1785, of the first school for the blind, the Institute for Blind Youth in Paris (now Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles, or the National Institute for the Young Blind, INJA). In 1819, Louis Braille entered this school. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Valentin Haüy is the 1,266th most popular religious figure (down from 1,070th in 2019), the 1,855th most popular biography from France (down from 1,688th in 2019) and the 95th most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Valentin Haüy ranks 1,266 out of 3,187. Before him are Alois Hudal, Nicetas of Remesiana, Pope Peter II of Alexandria, Xenia of Saint Petersburg, Diego de Landa, and Geert Groote. After him are Jean-Claude Hollerich, Franz Jägerstätter, Pamphilus of Caesarea, Pope Demetrius I of Alexandria, Stephen Harding, and Anthimus I of Constantinople.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Valentin Haüy ranks 21. Before him are Gregory V of Constantinople, Mihrişah Sultan, George Atwood, Jens Juel, Şahin Giray, and Shneur Zalman of Liadi. After him are Denis Fonvizin, Casimir Pulaski, Richard Bassett, Isaac Titsingh, Caspar Wessel, and Johann Anton Güldenstädt. Among people deceased in 1822, Valentin Haüy ranks 17. Before him are Giovanni Battista Venturi, Johann Matthäus Bechstein, Paolo Ruffini, Jean-Robert Argand, Karl August von Hardenberg, and Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider. After him are Pierce Butler, Slimane of Morocco, Bathilde d'Orléans, Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Dmitry Levitzky, and Sophie de Condorcet.

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In France

Among people born in France, Valentin Haüy ranks 1,855 out of 6,770. Before him are Tomi Ungerer (1931), Philippe de Commines (1447), Gaston Planté (1834), Warda Al-Jazairia (1939), Pierre Belon (1517), and Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy (1920). After him are Jean Hyppolite (1907), Jean Borotra (1898), Claude Brasseur (1936), Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1915), Henri Grégoire (1750), and Louis de Beaufront (1855).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Valentin Haüy ranks 95. Before him are Jean-Marie Lustiger (1926), William of Gellone (750), Hugh of Châteauneuf (1053), William Farel (1489), Felix of Valois (1127), and Germain of Paris (496). After him are Benedict Joseph Labre (1748), Maurice de Sully (1110), Marcabru (1200), André Vingt-Trois (1942), Madeleine Sophie Barat (1779), and Itta of Metz (592).

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