Dr William Moon FRGS LLD FRSA
(1818-1894)

pioneer of blind welfare in Brighton, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (from 1852), and Doctor of Law (from 1871)

Died aged c. 76

William Moon, Hon. LLD, FRSA, FRGS (18 December 1818 – 9 October 1894) was an Englishman who created Moon type, the first widely used practical reading alphabet for the blind.

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Dr William Moon (1818-1894) Pioneer of blind welfare in Brighton.

Queensbury House, 104-109 Queens Road, Brighton, United Kingdom where they was