A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Rationalists/Haüy, Valentin
Haüy, Valentin, French educationist. B. Nov. 13, 1745. Ed. Paris. After teaching for some years at Paris he entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It was owing to his fine and persistent efforts that the first school for blind children was established in France in 1784. It was taken over by the Government in 1791. Haüy, who was a Theophilanthropist, pursued his work in Russia from 1806 to 1817, then again in France until his death. Nearly every country in Europe was stirred by his zeal and example. D. Mar. 18, 1822.