William Bell Wait, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Bell Wait

American educationalist

Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1839

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, New York, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1916

Profession: educator

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

William Bell Wait (1839–1916) was a teacher in the New York Institute for the Education of the Blind who invented New York Point, a system of writing for the blind that was adopted widely in the United States before the Braille system was universally adopted there.
Mr.
Wait also applied the New York Point principles to adapt them for use in over 20 languages, created a form of New York Point to notate music, and invented a number of devices to better type and print embossed material for the visually impaired.