# William Bell Wait

> William Bell Wait 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. 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.

*American educationalist (1839-1916)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Educator
- **Category:** Educators
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1839-03-25
- **Died:** 1916-10-25
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

William Bell Wait 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. 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.

## Fame
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- **Source confidence:** 25.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [William Bell Wait](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bell_Wait)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4479781)

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