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Dr. David Wohlers

Fri, 07/20/2012 - 14:08 -- admin

Dr. David Wohlers

Chemist

 

“I am not the first blind chemist and I am not the only blind chemist, but I am one of the few blind chemists” says Dr. David Wohlers. 

Dr David Wohlers is a world renowned chemist. He obtained his Ph.D in chemistry from the Kansas State University, U.S.A., with a specialization in inorganic synthesis and photochemistry—the study of how light alters the chemical properties of a substance.  

Sabriye Tenberken

Fri, 07/20/2012 - 14:07 -- admin

Sabriye Tenberken

Creator of Braille Script of Tibetan Language

Visual impairment : Blind since the age of 12 due to a retinal disease

Born : 1970

Sabriye Tenberken is a native of Cologne in Germany. When she was 12, a congenital retinal degenerative disease led to loss of sight.

Louis Braille

Fri, 07/20/2012 - 14:06 -- admin

Louis Braille

Inventor

Visual impairment : Became blind at three, due to accident

Born : 4 January, 1809

Died : January 6, 1852

Louis Braille was born January 4, 1809 , in Coupvray , France , a small country village about twenty-five miles east of Paris. He lived with his mother, Monique, his father, Simon-René, his two older sisters, Monique-Catherine and Marie-Céline, and his older brother, Louis-Simon. Their home was a stone cottage in the village.

Kent Cullers

Fri, 07/20/2012 - 14:05 -- admin

Kent Cullers

Physicist

Visual impairment : Blind since birth

The elder child of George Cullers, a physicist, and his wife, Wanda, a college administrator, Cullers was born seven weeks prematurely in El Reno, Oklahoma, at a time when it was standard practice to immerse 'preemies' in pure oxygen. Overexposure saved his life but destroyed Cullers' retinas and left him totally blind.

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